Board of Directors

YBHG. DATO SRI’ HAJI MOHAMMAD BIN MENTEK

Secretary General at the Ministry of Communications and Digital

YBhg. Dato Sri’ Haji Mohammad bin Mentek was appointed to the Board on 25 November 2020.

YBhg Dato Sri’ Haji Mohammad bin Mentek took office as the Secretary General of the Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) on 4 November 2020. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Bachelor of Science in Statistics from the University of Minnesota, USA, and has an accumulated 28 years of extensive experience in public administration.

He began his career as an Assistant Secretary for the Human Capital, Services and Training Division at the Ministry of Energy, Telecommunications, and Post. He also served in the Finance Office of the Perak State Government. One of his accomplished milestones was being appointed as the first Director of the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Sabah branch. He served in this this role the longest from year 2000 to 2009.

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YBRS. ABU BAKAR @ SALLEH BIN HJ. JAMBOL

Undersecretary For The International Division of the Ministry of Finance (MOF)

YBrs. Abu Bakar @ Salleh bin Hj. Jambol was appointed to the Board on November 1, 2021.

Abu Bakar @ Salleh bin Hj. Jambol started his career in 1995 as Administrative and Diplomatic Services officer, attached to the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia (MoF).

Over the last 26 years, he remains working in MoF and serves in various offices/divisions, among others, the Sabah’s Federal Treasury Office, National Budget Office, National Strategy Unit, Strategic Financial Control & Corporate Division, and Remuneration Policy & Management Division.

He is currently the Undersecretary of International Division, MoF, a position that he held since July 2021.

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YBHG. PROF EMERITUS DATO’ DR HALIMAH BADIOZE ZAMAN FASc

Independent Non-Executive Director

She was appointed onto the Board of Directors of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) effective 5 April 2019.

Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Halimah Badioze Zaman is currently Holder of the Tan Sri Leo Moggie Distinguished Chair in Energy Informatics at the Institute of Informatics and Computing in Energy Informatics (IICE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). Prior to this she has served in various capacities and roles at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) for 39 years, which includes being one of the Founders of the Faculty of Information Science and Technology, founder of the ICT Niche at UKM and was the Founding Director of the first Centre of Excellence in Computer Science at UKM called Institute of Visual Informatics.

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YBHG. DATU DR MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH BIN ZAIDEL

Independent Non-Executive Director

YBhg. Datu Dr Muhammad Abdullah bin Zaidel was appointed to the Board on August 6, 2020.

With his extensive experience from the finance sector and in business management, was able to accelerate Sarawak’s economy and take it to greater heights. He graduated from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) with a PhD in Finance and a Masters Degree for Business Management from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Since 2019, Dr. Muhammad Abdullah is an alumni of Harvard Business School, Harvard University.

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