Tunku Dato’ Yaacob Khyra is the Non-Independent Executive Chairman of the Company and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 7 October 2002. He was the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 11 October 2002 before being redesignated as the Executive Chairman on 26 August 2008. He sits on the Boards of Khyra Legacy Berhad, Mycron Steel Berhad, MAA Group Berhad (“MAAG”), MAAKL Mutual Berhad, Melewar Group Berhad, Maveric Ltd (listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange), Ithmaar Bank B.S.C. (listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange) and several other private limited companies.

Tunku Dato’ Yaacob graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree in Economics and Accounting from City University, London. An accountant by training, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He started his career as an Auditor with Price Waterhouse, London from 1982 to 1985 and subsequently joined Price Waterhouse Kuala Lumpur from 1986 to 1987. He joined Malaysian Assurance Alliance Berhad in 1987 and retired as its Chief Executive Officer in 1999. He currently holds the position of Non-Executive Chairman of Mycron Steel Berhad and Executive Chairman of MAAG.

Tunku Dato’ Yaacob sits on the executive board of several trade associations, specifically, the Federation of Public Listed Companies (FPLC) as Vice President and the Federation of Malaysia Investment Managers (FIMM) as President.

He is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for MAA Medicare Kidney Charity Fund and The Budimas Charitable Foundation.