Change in Boardroom
| UMW HOLDINGS BERHAD |
| Date of change | 01 Apr 2022 |
| Name | DATO AZMI BIN MOHD ALI |
| Age | 61 |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | Malaysia |
| Designation | Director |
| Directorate | Independent and Non Executive |
| Type of change | Appointment |
Qualifications
| No | Qualifications |
Major/Field of Study |
Institute/University |
Additional Information |
| 1 |
Masters
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Master of Laws (LLM) in the United States of America & Global Business Law |
University of Suffolk, Boston Massachusetts, USA |
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| 2 |
Degree
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LLB (Hons) |
Universiti Malaysia |
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| Working experience and occupation | Dato' Azmi bin Mohd Ali is the Senior Partner of Azmi & Associates, a full service corporate and commercial law firm of more than 80 lawyers, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The firm, Azmi & Associates under his leadership is recognised as one of the largest law firms (by size) in Malaysia. He is an experienced and is one of the leading corporate lawyers in Malaysia with expertise in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, project finance, privatisation, energy, oil and gas and foreign investments. Prior to his endeavour in private practice, Dato' Azmi had spent 6 1/2 years as an in-house counsel of PETRONAS. He was involved in projects of national importance for Malaysia and negotiated and concluded the NGPSA, a major gas development project for Malaysia, in 1990. His accomplishments as a corporate lawyer are well noted and have earned him numerous awards, accolades and recognitions from reputed international legal publications. He won the prestigious Legal 500 Hall of Fame for M&A/Corporate for three consecutive years, 2020-2022, Distinguished M&A Practitioner for AsiaLaw 2020, International Law Office 2016 Clients Choice Award for Malaysia in Mergers & Acquisitions, and other international publications. Currently, he serves as a Director of Terralex, a Florida-based world-wide network of 155 law firms with 20,000 lawyers within its member firms spanning across 100 jurisdictions world-wide. He is also a Director of Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia. |
| Directorships in public companies and listed issuers (if any) | Listed: 1. S P Setia Berhad 2. Sapura Energy Berhad Non-Listed 1. Maybank Islamic Berhad 2. Worldwide Holdings Berhad |
| Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer | None |
| Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer | None |
| Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries | None |
| Remarks : |
Dato' Azmi has concurrently been appointed a Member of the Risk Management Committee and Whistle Blowing Committee of UMW Holdings Berhad. |
Announcement Info
| Company Name | UMW HOLDINGS BERHAD |
| Stock Name | UMW |
| Date Announced | 31 Mar 2022 |
| Category | Change in Boardroom |
| Reference Number | C03-31032022-00010 |