Change In Boardroom

BackMay 15, 2007
Date of change
:
 15/05/2007
Type of change
:
 Appointment
Designation
:
 Non-Executive Director
Directorate
:
 Independent & Non Executive
Name
:
 Professor Abang Abdullah Bin Abang Mohamad Alli
Age
:
 55
Nationality
:
 Malaysian
Qualifications
:
 Professor Abang Abdullah graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Brighton in 1974 and a Master of Science degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Manchester in 1975. He is a Registered Professional Engineer (PEng) with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia, a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council, United Kingdom and an Honorary Fellow of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (HonFAFEO). He is a Fellow of the following institutions:-

a) Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (FIEM).
b) Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom (FICE).
c) International Ferrocement Society (FIFS).
d) Academy of Sciences, Malaysia (FASc).
d) ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology (FAAET).
Working experience and occupation
:
Professor Abang Abdullah began his career as a lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia on 29th January 1976, promoted to Associate Professor in 1982 and full Professor in 1987. He was upgraded to Senior Professor (Special Grade B) in 1995.

At the same time he was made Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering in 1981 and Dean in 1982. He was Chairman of the Malaysian Council of Engineering Deans and had been holding various positions in the public and private sectors such as Design Engineer in Malaysian International Consultants in 1981/82 and Perunding Bakti Sdn Bhd in 1978. He served as a Board Member of Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) and Board of Engineers, Malaysia (BEM). He was elected as an Honorary Adviser to Master Builders Association, Malaysia (MBAM) and Chairman of CIDB Steering Committee on Industrialised Building System.

He is currently the Director & Professor (Housing Research Centre) Universiti Putra Malaysia, President of the Federation of Engineering Institution of Islamic Countries (FEIIC) since 2002 and a Past President of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM). He is holding various key positions in the following institutions:-

i) Adviser of a Proposed King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia since 2006.
ii) Adjunct Professor at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak since 2005.
iii) Board/Council member of Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) since 2002.
iv) Board member of National Accreditation Board (LAN) since 1997
v) Director of Housing Research Centre (HRC), Universiti Putra Malaysia since 1996.
vi) Board Member, Polytechnic Curriculum Board, Ministry of Higher Education since 2002.

In addition, he has written a book on Industrialised Buildings Systems (IBS) and has been involved on various research on housing and construction technology, specifically in the areas of low cost materials of construction, light-weight concrete, utilization of Malaysian bamboos as an engineering material, materials and structures, interlocking load bearing hollow block building system (Putra Block), which has been granted US, UK and Malaysian patents, industrialised building systems and affordable quality housing.

Professor Abang Abdullah and his research team won a gold medal for the Putra Block at the International Exhibition of Inventions and Innovations, Geneva, Switzerland on 4th April 2001. He was also awarded CIDB R&D Award for research on the Putra Block Building System.
Directorship of public companies (if any)
:
Nil
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer
:
None
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries
:
Nil

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