Dato’ Amiruddin Abdul Satar, a male, Malaysian aged 60, was appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 19 August 2020. He is the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Board Audit Committee, Board Risk Committee (“BRC”) and Board Investment Committee of the Company.
An accountant by profession, he was admitted as a graduate member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”) in July 1994 and he has also obtained a Master in Business Administration (“MBA”) from Henley Business School, University of Reading, United Kingdom in May 2010. He is also currently a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since July 2017.
He began his career in January 1989 as an Accountant Officer at UMW Toyota Motor Sdn. Bhd. where he was in charge of the regional account payables and receivables. Subsequently, he left UMW Toyota Berhad in September 1989 and joined Boustead Estates Agency Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Berhad as an Accountant from September 1989 until January 1992 in which he was responsible for the preparation of accounts of companies within the group and treasury matters. He later joined INC Sdn. Bhd. as a Finance Manager in February 1992 and was responsible for the preparations of accounts for the company until May 1993 before joining KPJ Healthcare Berhad (“KPJ Healthcare”) in June 1993 where he has served until July 2020.
In June 1993, he was appointed as a Finance Manager of KPJ Healthcare where he was in charge of the group’s accounts and treasury functions. He later assumed the role of Deputy General Manager in 1996 before becoming the Group General Manager in 2003 where he was responsible for the operations of the regional hospital. In 2010, he was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer where he served the role for two years, and was responsible for the overall group hospital operations. During his tenure as the Chief Operating Officer, he was also appointed as the Executive Director of KPJ Healthcare in July 2011. In January 2013, he was then redesignated as the President and Managing Director of KPJ Healthcare where he oversaw the group’s strategy and performance until July 2020.
Thereafter, he was appointed as the new Director-General of the Federal Land Development Authority effective from October 2020 where he oversees and provides leadership for the group’s strategies and activities.