Polit Hamzah, aged 65, was appointed as our Director on 1 May 2007. On 20 December 2012 he
was redesignated from Independent Non Executive Director to Non Independent Executive Director
and assumed the position of the Acting Group Managing Director. He was appointed the Group
Managing Director on 1 May 2014. He is the Chairman of our Risk Management Committee.
He graduated with BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Malaya in 1975. He worked for
twenty one years (1975-1996) for an oil and gas exploration and production company (Petronas
Carigali Sdn Bhd) in various technical and management positions, his last position being General
Manager in-charge of Sabah Operations. From 1997-2001, he headed the Land Custody and
Development Authority Sarawak, a body responsible for planning and development of lands
for large scale commercial agriculture (oil palm, sago) plantations and property development
throughout the State of Sarawak, through partnerships with listed and private companies. From
2002 to 2003 he was General Manager of the Sarawak Economic Development Corporation.
From 2003 to the present, he continues to be involved in the Boards of various government and
privately-owned companies in Sarawak and at the federal level. He was a member of the
Board of Lembaga Pergalakan Pelancongan Malaysia (Tourism Malaysia), a body corporate
under the Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia. He is a director of Dayang Enterprise Holdings Berhad, a
company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia and he holds directorships in several other
private limited companies.
Polit Bin Hamzah
Group Managing Director
Board of Directors
Hasmawati Binti Sapawi
Non Independent Non Executive Director
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Hasmawati Sapawi, aged 47, was appointed as our Director on 25 November 2011. She holds a
Bachelor of Arts (Hons, Economics) Canada, a Master of Business Administration Australia and a
Master of Environment Management (Development Planning), Malaysia. She is curently the director of
the Corporate Services and Investment Division of the State Financial Secretary’s Office (Sarawak),
handling corporate finance and investment activities. She joined the State Financial Secretary’s
Office in 2006, prior to which she had worked in a state agency and a government-linked company.
She also sits on the boards of several state government-linked companies.
