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Profile of Encik Azhar bin Harun
Director (Independent Non-Executive)

En Azhar Harun has a total of 23 years’ working experience gained in progressively higher positions of responsibility, with 10 years of international posting as expatriate staff with US multinational corporations based in Turkey, Johannesburg and Singapore.

These are best illustrated during his tenure with The Singer Company. In August 1997 he was promoted to Area General Manager for Singer’s operations in Sub-Saharan region of Africa responsible for marketing and distribution of Singer and Akai products in eleven countries. He was subsequently appointed as Senior Director, Marketing Services and Distributor Development at The Singer Company worldwide corporate marketing headquarters in Singapore.

In view of his desire to be domiciled in Malaysia, he has taken a position as Chief Executive Officer at Assunta Hospital beginning September 2002. he was later selected as a Board Member to the Association of Private Hospital Malaysia (APHM) in July 2004. In November 2006, he joint UM Holdings, managing all the business operations of University Malaya comprised healthcare, hospitality, IP commercialization, publications and property development.

En Azhar holds an MBA from University of Nottingham, UK.