Datuk Amar Abdul Hamed Bin Sepawi
Chairman
Board of Directors
Datuk Amar Abdul Hamed, aged 66 was appointed to our Board on 30 August 2005 and
redesignated as Non Executive Chairman on 11 March 2011. Educated at Malay College,
Kuala Kangsar, he holds a BSc from the University of Malaya, a BSc (Forestry) from the
Australian National University, Canberra, and a Master’s degree in Forest Products
Utilisation from Oregon State University, United States. He is Chairman of the Remuneration
and Nomination Committee.
He has more than 23 years of experience in forest and plantation management and the
manufacturing of forest products. For the last 16 years, he has been actively involved in
various industries such as construction, property development, oil and gas, oil palm
plantations and Information and Communication Technology (“ICT”). He was the recipient
of the Sarawak State Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2004 and 2005 and was
nominated for the Malaysia Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2005. He was awarded the
Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang in September 1999 and the Datuk Amar Bintang
Kenyalang in September 2012. In 2014, he was the winner of the Inaugural 2014 Sarawak
State Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award.
He is the Executive Chairman of Ta Ann Holdings Berhad, a forestry and plantation
company based in Sarawak and Chairman of a property and construction company Naim
Holdings Berhad, both of which are listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia. He is also
Chairman of a logistics technology company Smartag Solution Berhad, listed on the ACE
Market of Bursa Malaysia, Chairman of Sarawak Energy Berhad, a power utility company wholly
owned by the Sarawak State Government and is one of the advisors to Sarawak Oil Palm
Plantation Owners’ Association (SOPPOA).
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