Datuk Alias Bin Ali was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 5 January 2007. His position is non-executive and he is an Independent Director. He is also a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees of the Company.

He holds a Master in Business Management from the Asian Institute of Management, Philippines and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Malaya. He attended the London Executive Program at the London Business School in 1984. Datuk Alias Bin Ali was the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Health when he retired in March 2004. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the civil service, having been in the government sector since 1970. He has held various positions, including Deputy Director (Operations, Training), Public Services Department; Director of Industrial Development Division, Ministry of International Trade and Industry; and the Deputy Secretary General (Cabinet), Prime Minister’s Department. He served as a member of the Securities Commission from 10 June 2004 to January 2006.