Dato' Zainal Azwar Bin Zainal Aminuddin

Dato' Zainal Azwar Bin Zainal Aminuddin, 53 years of age, a Malaysian, was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer on 1 July 2009. He was subsequently appointed as an Executive Director on 1 September 2009. He attended all five (5) Board of Directors' meetings which were held for the year ended 31 December 2011. Dato' Zainal Azwar is a member of the Employees' Share Option Scheme Committee of the Company.

He began his career as an Agricultural Officer with the Agriculture Department in 1983 after graduating from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) with a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Science. In 1990, he joined Zeenex Sdn. Bhd. as a Techno Commercial Executive and Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad as a Technical Advisor in 1991.
In 1998, he joined the Company as a Senior Agronomist and in 2003, he was appointed as the Head of Operations (Overseas) until January 2009. Prior to his appointment as the Company's Chief Executive Officer in July 2009, he was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director in February 2007 and held the same position until June 2009.

He is a member of the Malaysian Society of Soil Science, Incorporated Society of Planters, Malaysian Plant Protection Society and International Society of Oil Palm Agronomist.

Dato' Zainal Azwar is currently the Chairman of CCM Fertilizers Sdn. Bhd.  Dato' Zainal Azwar bin Zainal Aminuddin does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder(s) of the Company nor any conflict of interest with the Company. He has had no convictions for any offences within the past ten (10) years.

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