Independent Non-Executive Director

YM. Raja Dato' Idris Raja Kamarudin

YM Raja Dato' Idris has acquired more than thirty (30) years of experience holding top management positions in various private limited, public listed and multinational companies.

From 1994 to 2000, YM Raja Dato' Idris was with Siemens Group of Companies in Malaysia where he served as Managing Director of Nixdorf Computers Malaysia Sdn Bhd and as the Executive Director of Siemens Nixdorf Information System (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. He was also a Non-Executive Director of Siemens Multimedia Sdn Bhd (an MSC Company) and from 1998 to 2000, he assumed the position of Vice President at Information and Communication Network of Siemens Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.

He was the former Group Executive Director of TDM Berhad, a public listed company owned by the Terengganu State Government from year 2000 to 2004. He then served as the Executive Chairman of Virgo Tours Sdn. Bhd. from 2004 to 2006. YM. Raja Dato’ Idris was appointed as a Consultant at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, a position he has held from 2006 to 2011.

YM Raja Dato’ Idris has previously served on the Board of Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Berhad (“KDEB”), the investment holding company of the State of Selangor, where he was appointed on 4 April 2011 and served as the Chairman of KDEB’s property and development subsidiaries namely Kumpulan Hartanah Selangor Berhad and Central Spectrum (M) Sdn. Bhd. His leadership qualities and attributes led him to hold the position as the Chairman of Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Berhad, the flagship public listed corporation of the Selangor State Government, a role he served for seven years from 2011 until 1 June 2018.

On 10 August 2012, he was appointed as the Chairman of Ceres Telecom Sdn. Bhd., and subsequently, was redesignated as the Executive Chairman on 1 June 2018 till June 2019.

YM Raja Dato’ Idris is currently the Chairman of TDM Plantation Sdn. Bhd. and Kumpulan Medic Iman Sdn. Bhd., subsidiaries of TDM Berhad. He has also served as Chairman of TDM Berhad, a subsidiary of Terengganu Inc from 30 July 2018 until 20 July 2022. 

Qualification

Post Graduate Certificate in Strategic Management, University of Derby, UK

A Fellow of the British Computer Society, UK

A Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, UK

Board Committee

1 st

Chairman, Board Strategy & Investment Committee

2 nd

Member, Board Audit Committee

3 rd

Member, Board Governance, Risk & Sustainability Committee