Tan Sri Hasmah was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 2 october 2013. She is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company. Tan Sri Hasmah graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from University of Malaya. She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia.
Tan Sri Hasmah binti Abdullah had a distinguished career spanning over 38 years and was the former Chief Executive officer of the Malaysian Inland Revenue Board (IRB) and Director General of IRB from 19 october 2006 to 7 January 2011. At IRB, she led the Malaysian delegation to various international conferences and represented Malaysia on the Management Committee of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators in London from 2007 to 2009. Under her leadership, IRB was awarded the inaugural Prime Minister’s Innovation Award in 2009 in recognition of the vast improvements and innovations introduced to the tax-paying public. She has been a Tax Advisor to PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia (2011-2013) and a Commission Member of Securities Commission of Malaysia (2011-2018). on 12 September 2018, Tan Sri Hasmah was appointed as the Chairperson of the Tax Reform Committee.
Tan Sri Hasmah was formerly an Independent Non-Executive Director of UMW Holdings Berhad. She is currently a trustee of Dana Amal Jariah, Yayasan Allammiyah and Alzheimer Disease Foundation Malaysia. She is also an Executive Council member of the Selangor and Federal Territory Association for the Mentally Handicapped
Tan Sri Hasmah has no shareholdings in the Company and its associated company. She also has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company nor any conflict of interest with the Company. She attended all the Board Meetings held during the financial year and has no convictions for any offences within the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.