{"id":7554,"date":"2021-10-05T17:04:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T09:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tuneprotect.com\/my\/?p=7554"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:49:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T07:49:53","slug":"tune-protect-group-berhad-welcomes-new-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuneprotect.com\/my\/2021\/10\/tune-protect-group-berhad-welcomes-new-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Tune Protect Group Berhad welcomes new Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>KUALA LUMPUR, 5 October 2021<\/strong> \u2013 Tune Protect Group Berhad (\u201cTune Protect\u201d, \u201cGroup\u201d) announces the appointment of D<strong>ato\u2019 Mohamed Khadar bin Merican (\u201cDato\u2019 Mohamed Khadar\u201d)<\/strong> as its Chairman of the Board of Directors (\u201cthe Board\u201d) of Tune Protect effective 5 October 2021. \r\n<br><br>\r\n<img alt=\"Mohamed Khadar\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/tuneprotect.com\/tpr\/static-tuneprotect\/images\/TuneProtect_Director_MohamedKhadar.jpg\" style=\"width:250px; margin-right:20px; margin-bottom:5px\" >\r\nDato\u2019 Mohamed Khadar has more than 40 years\u2019 experience in financial and general management. He served as an auditor and a consultant in an international accounting firm before joining a financial services group in 1986. Between 1988 and April 2003, he held various senior management positions in the then Pernas International Holdings Berhad, a company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, including those of President and Chief Operating Officer. In 2013, in his capacity as the Chairman of RHB Capital Berhad, Dato\u2019 Mohamed Khadar was named \u201cChairman of the Year\u201d by the Minority Shareholders Watchdog Group (now known as Minority Shareholders Watch Group) at its ASEAN Corporate Governance Index Awards 2013. \r\n<br><br>\r\n\u201cI would like to welcome and congratulate Dato\u2019 Mohamed Khadar on his appointment as the new Chairman of the Board. It has been an honour for me to have held the role and I believe that with the baton passed, he will lead Tune Protect on the right track in achieving its aspirations,\u201d said <strong>Ng Siek Chuan (\u201cNg\u201d), Non-Independent Director<\/strong> of Tune Protect. \r\n<br><br>\r\nDato\u2019 Mohamed Khadar is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and Wales and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He is also a Director of AirAsia Group Berhad, BNP Paribas Malaysia Berhad and Iris Corporation Berhad.\r\n<br><br>\r\n\u201cOn behalf of the Group, we would like to record our appreciation to Ng for his invaluable contributions and for his guidance throughout his chairmanship. With his wealth of experience and wisdom, he has played an instrumental role in shaping Tune Protect to what it is today,\u201d said <strong>Rohit Nambiar (\u201cRohit\u201d), Group Chief Executive Officer<\/strong> of Tune Protect.  \r\n<br><br>\r\nDato\u2019 Mohamed Khadar succeeds Ng, who will be redesignated as a Non-Independent Director of the Board following the expiry of his 9-year term of office on 5 October 2021.  Ng joined the Board as Independent Non-Executive Director on 5 October 2012 before being appointed as its Chairman on 22 May 2017. \r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KUALA LUMPUR, 5 October 2021 \u2013 Tune Protect Group Berhad (\u201cTune Protect\u201d, \u201cGroup\u201d) announces the appointment of Dato\u2019 Mohamed Khadar bin Merican (\u201cDato\u2019 Mohamed Khadar\u201d) as its Chairman of the Board of Directors (\u201cthe Board\u201d) of Tune Protect effective 5 October 2021. 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