FGV Annual Report 2020

179 Who We Are How We Operate How We Are Governed Additional Information Sustainability Matters Statement & Discussion By Our Leaders Salman Ghazali 39 years old Male 13 September 2019 Group Chief Strategy Officer Academic/Professional Qualification • Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Accounting & Finance from London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK Relevant Experience Salman Ghazali, started his career in Sime Darby Plantation Sdn. Bhd. (SDP) in 2005 and has since accumulated more than 15 years of experience in strategy, business development, investments management, private equity, and business banking. He moved to the Managing Director’s Office in SDP in 2007 and rose to become Assistant Vice President I – Corporate Finance, Strategy & Business Development. While in SDP, he was assigned to PEMANDU’s National Key Economic Area (NKEA) in 2010 where he became Head of Palm Oil Food & Health-based Downstream Sector. He was then seconded to Emery Oleochemicals, which is a 50:50 joint venture company between SDP and PTT Global Chemical, in Global Strategy. He left Emery Oleochemicals and SDP in December 2011 and joined PETRONAS in 2012 in the Executive Vice President’s Office before joining Khazanah Nasional Berhad as Vice President of Investments and Special Officer to the Chief Investment Officer. In 2015, he became Managing Partner of RM Capital Partners & Associates, one of the largest boutique private equity firms in Malaysia where he held various investee companies’ directorships and investment committee positions until August 2018. Prior to joining FGV Holdings Berhad in September 2019, he was Head of Business Banking in Malaysian Development Bank (Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad). He received his secondary education at the Royal Military College (RMC) before receiving the Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD) scholarship award to read Accounting & Finance at the London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK (LSE). Directorship in other public companies: • Nil Appointment to the position