Encik Leonard Ariff Bin Abdul Shatar

Group Managing Director, Executive Director

Date of Appointment
to the Board

28 December 2017

Length of
Service (as of 28 March 2025)

7 years 3 months

Date of Last
Re-election

31 May 2024

60

M

Other Directorship in Public Companies and Other Listed Issuers:

  • Listed Entities

    • PanGen Biotech Inc. (Korea)

    • SCM Lifescience Inc. (Korea)

  • Non-Listed Public Companies

    • National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (Member of the Board of Trustees)

    • MyDIGITAL Corporation

Board Committees Membership(s):

None

Family Relationship with Any Director and/or Major Shareholder:

None

Details of Any Interest in the Securities of the Company or Its Subsidiaries:

None

Conflict of Interest or Potential Conflict of Interest, Including Interest in Any Competing Business with the Company or Its Subsidiaries:

None

List of Convictions for Offences within the Past 5 Years and Particulars of Any Public Sanction or Penalty Imposed by the Relevant Regulatory Bodies during the Financial Year:

None

Academic/Professional Qualification/Membership(s):

  • Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Bachelor of Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • A Qualified Risk Director and a Member of the Institute of Enterprise Risk Practitioners (IERP)
  • Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM)
  • Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) Certificate administered by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) and an Affiliate Member of GARP

Past Appointments/Experiences:

  • Chambering Student at Shearn Delamore & Co in 1988
  • Legal Advisor, Petronas subsidiary companies from 1988 to 1991
  • Legal Executive, ICI Malaysia from 1991 to 1995
  • Business Manager, CCM Chemicals Sdn Bhd from 1996 to 2001
  • Managing Director, Usaha Pharma (M) Sdn Bhd from 2000 to 2003
  • General Manager, ICI Paints Malaysia Sdn Bhd from 2003 to 2005
  • Managing Director, ICI Paints Malaysia Sdn Bhd from 2005 to 2008
  • Chief Executive Officer, CCM Duopharma Biotech Berhad from 2008 to 2017
  • President, Malaysian Organisation of Pharmaceutical Industries from 2009 to 2014
  • Director, Chemical Company of Malaysia (“CCM”) Berhad (Chemicals Division) from 2014 to 2015
  • Group Managing Director, CCM Berhad from 2015 to 2017

Other Present Appointment(s):

  • Director of Monash University Malaysia Sdn Bhd
  • Advisory Committee of Monash University Malaysia Business School
  • Adjunct Professor of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Council Member of the Action Group for Entrepreneurship (AGE Council) of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
  • CEO@Faculty, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
  • Chairman of Duopharma Biotech’s Group Management Committee