DATUK ZUBIR BIN HAJI ALI
Independent Non-Executive Director

DATUK ZUBIR BIN HAJI ALI, age 74, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of Directors as an Independent Non-Executive Director of HPB on 27 January 2000 and on 30 August 2002, he was appointed as a member of the Nomination Committee. He was also subsequently appointed as a member of the Audit Committee on 1 November 2007.

He obtained his early education at The Anglo-Chinese School in his home-town Teluk Intan, Perak and obtained the Cambridge School Certificate in 1954. He joined The Royal Malaysian Police as an Inspector in 1957. In his long and successful career with the police, he had served in many varied capacities both in The Field Force and General Duties as well as with The Police College as a Director of Staff. His final posting was as Deputy Director, Internal Security and Public Order at Bukit Aman from 1989 to 1990, before he was seconded to Istana Negara as The Grand Chamberlain in 1990. He retired from the police force in August 1990 and continued serving Istana Negara as Grand Chamberlain until August 2002.

While serving the police, he attended several courses and in 1987, he attended the Wolfson Course at University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

He sits on the Board of another public listed company - Super Enterprise Holdings Berhad. He does not have any conflict of interest with the Company and is not related to any director or major shareholder of the Company. He attended all six Board Meetings held in the financial year.