A Malaysian, aged 63 was appointed to the Board on 11 July 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. He is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Risk Management Committee.
He holds a Master in Business Administration (Finance) from University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bachelor of Natural Resource Economics from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Diploma in Public Administration from the National Institute of Public Administration and Diploma in Agriculture from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia.
Dato' Othman Bin Semail started his career in 1982 with Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA) as Assistant Agricultural Officer. After serving RISDA for 16 years, he then moved to Ministry of Primary Industries, Malaysia as Assistant Secretary from 1998 until 2003. He then served as Assistant Director at the Public Service Department, Prime Ministers Department for 2 years from 2003 until 2005.
Dato' Othman Bin Semail began his service with the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia in 2005 as Assistant Secretary with the Government Procurement Division. He rose through the ranks in the division with various capacities including Principal Assistant Secretary, Head of Section, Deputy Secretary (Operation) and Under Secretary (Head of Government Procurement Division). In October 2018, he was appointed as the Deputy Secretary General of Treasury (Management) until his retirement in March 2021.
Dato' Othman Bin Semail does not have any family relationship with any other Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and has no other conflict of interest with the Company. He has no convictions for offence within the past five years.