Berjaya Corp names joint group CEOs

Berjaya Corporation has appointed Vivienne Cheng and Syed Ali Shahul Hameed as joint group CEOs, effective 1 April 2022. Syed Ali has also been appointed as BCorp's executive director.

Cheng joined the company in 1989 while Syed Ali joined in 1997. Cheng has been an executive director of BCorp since 2005, with experience in the area of finance, especially project financing, capital funding, debt restructuring, initial public offerings, risk management and group treasury cash management.

Meanwhile, Syed Ali was most recently CEO of Berjaya Land, a listed subsidiary of BCorp, a position he will now relinquish. In his 25 years with the Group, he has been responsible for the development of several major local and international projects including the Inter-Continental and Sheraton Hotels in Hanoi as well as the Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton projects in Kyoto and Kuala Lumpur respectively.

Succeeding Syed Ali as CEO of BLand is Abdul Rahim Bin Mohd Zin. He has 35 years of experience in various fields, particularly in banking, finance, oil and gas, shipping and F&B. He is presently the CEO of Landasan Lumayan Berjaya. and an executive director of Berjaya Group, a subsidiary of BCorp.

At the same time, BLand has also reshuffled its board of directors. Syed Ali has been redesignated as deputy chairman while Tan Tee Ming has been appointed executive director. Consequently, Nerine Tan will be stepping down from her position as executive director of BLand.

Tan Tee Ming was most recently senior GM of BLand's property sales and marketing division. With over 20 years of experience, he has held various positions in several major private banks in Malaysia and Singapore including Citi Private Bank and CIMB Bank.

These job movements follow the resignation of group CEO Abdul Jalil Abdul Rasheed, due to his personal pursuits. Jalil will relinquish his position as group CEO of BCorp as well as all other positions on the various boards of companies related to BCorp effective 31 March 2022. He joined the company last March.

BCorp founder and chairman, Vincent Tan, thanked Jalil for his service and wished him well in his new pursuits. Tan added that Cheng and Syed Ali are veterans of Berjaya and bring with them vast experience that will be invaluable to the BCorp Group.

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