Board of Directors

DATO’ IBRAHIM BIN CHE MAT

Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato’ Ibrahim bin Che Mat, aged 70, a Malaysian, is the Chairman of the Company and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 1 November 2009. He obtained his Bachelor of Social Science degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1979. He began his career as a teacher in 1963 until 1982. From 1982 to 2005, he served as a political secretary and senior private secretary to the Minister of various Government ministries.

DATO' WEI CHUAN BENG

Managing Director

Dato’ Wei Chuan Beng, aged 46, a Malaysian, is the Managing Director of REDtone and was appointed to the Board of the Company on 15 November 2003. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1989 and Diploma in Management (Gold Medalist Award Winner) from the Malaysian Institute of Management, Kuala Lumpur in 1995. He also completed an Entrepreneur Development Program from the renowned MIT Sloan School of Management in USA in January 2006. He began his career with Hewlett Packard Sales Malaysia Sdn Bhd in 1989 as a Systems Engineer responsible for information technology (“IT”) technical and customer relations, and was subsequently promoted to Major Account Manager. Having gained wide exposure in IT, electronics and the telecommunications industry, he began his entrepreneur pursuit. He started REDtone Telecommunications Sdn Bhd in 1996 with two other partners. As one of the founding members of the REDtone Group, he is instrumental in shaping the Group’s business relations and policies. His main responsibilities include management of the Group’s overall business, expanding its overseas markets and financial-related matters. He started REDtone China in 2007. At present, he is the Chairman for PIKOM and the Deputy Chapter Chairperson for the exclusive Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).

DATO’ ISMAIL BIN OSMAN

Executive Director

Dato’ Ismail bin Osmann, aged 61, a Malaysian, is an Executive Director and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 5 September 2011. He obtained his Master of Science in Microwave Semiconductor Electronics from the University of Kent, United Kingdom.

Dato' Ismail Bin Osman began his career in the telecommunications industry when he joined the Jabatan Telekom Malaysia (then known as JT) in 1976 after graduating in 1975 from UiTM. He then moved to the newly established telecommunications regulatory department called Jabatan Telekomunikasi Malaysia (JTM) in January, 1987 when JT migrated from government department to a corporation (called then STMB, now TM) established under the Companies Act, 1965. He held the position of Director of Spectrum Management in JTM until 1994 when he was promoted to Deputy Director General. In January 1999, he was promoted to the Director General of Telecommunications. Due to changes of regulatory regime from the Telecommunications Act, 1950 to the Communication Multimedia Act, 1998, JTM ceased its functions and regulatory functions were handed over to the Communications and Multimedia Commission from April 1999. He retired as the last Director General of Telecommunications on 1 April 1999.

Since his retirement from the government service, he has been actively involved directly in the private sector involving telecommunications industry in particular and others in general. He sat on various boards of public and private companies, including DiGi.Com Berhad, Cosway Berhad, Berjaya Group Berhad, MOLACCESS Bhd and Asiaspace Sdn. Bhd.

He is currently the Chairman of Malaysian Technical Standard Forum Bhd (MTSFB), a forum designated by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). He is also nominated by the Chairman of MCMC to lead the Entry Point Project (EPP) # 9 called Smart Network.

DATO’ SURIAH ABD RAHMAN

Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato’ Suriah Abd Rahman, aged 62, a Malaysian, is the Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 3 September 2008. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts (Honors) from University of Malaya and Master of Arts from Leeds University, United Kingdom. She served under various capacities with the Government of Malaysia as Administrative and Diplomatic Officer (PTD) from 1972 to 2005. During this period, among the positions she held were Deputy Director General of the Implementation Coordination Unit in the Prime Minister’s Department and Deputy Secretary General Ministry of Energy, Communications and Multimedia. Her last held position with the Government was as Secretary General of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. She served as advisor to the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from January to December 2006.

From 2000 to 2004, she served in multiple capacities as Board Member and Alternate Director for organisations such as Bank Simpanan Nasional, Multimedia Development Corporation, Pos Malaysia Berhad and Telekom Malaysia. From 2004 to 2005, she was a Board Member for the Malaysia Trade Development Corporation, MIMOS Berhad, Multimedia Development Corporation, SIRIM Berhad, Technology Park Malaysia, an Alternate Chairman for the Malaysian Standard and Accreditation Council, a Commission Member for the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and Advisory Board of the National Science Centre. Presently, she sits on the Board of Nine Bio Sdn Bhd, Universiti Putra Malaysia and MIMOS Berhad.