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Date of change	15 Aug 2019
Name	DATO' ZULKIFLEE ABBAS BIN ABDUL HAMID
Age	62
Gender	Male
Nationality	Malaysia
Designation	Independent Director
Directorate	Independent and Non Executive
Type of change	Appointment

No	Qualifications	Major/Field of Study	Institute/University	Additional Information
1	Masters	Business Administration	Southern Illinois University, United States
2	Degree	Science in Marketing	Southern Illinois University, United States
3	Diploma	Business Studies	MARA Institute of Technology

Working experience and occupation	Dato' Zulkiflee has more than 35 years of experience in the banking industry. He started his career with Malayan Banking Berhad ("Maybank") in 1981 and his last position held in Maybank in 2005 was as Chief Credit Officer. He subsequently joined Affin Bank Berhad in 2005 and was appointed as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of Affin Bank Berhad in 2009. He had concurrently undertaken the position of CEO of Affin Holdings Berhad in January, 2014. He then retired from Affin Bank Berhad and Affin Holdings Berhad in March, 2015. He joined Maybank Islamic Berhad in April 2016 as an Independent Non-Executive Director for one (1) year before leaving to accept the appointment as President/Managing Director of Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad ("Bank Rakyat") in April, 2017. During his tenure with Bank Rakyat, Dato' Zulkiflee had lead a strategic plan to steer Bank Rakyat to greater heights with focus on strategic initiatives involving financing and deposits as well as improving fee based income and tighten the cost management. He retired from Bank Rakyat in April, 2019.
Directorships in public companies and listed issuers (if any)	Maybank Islamic Berhad
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer	Nil
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer	Nil
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries	Nil