Board of Directors
Umang Nangku Jabu
Independent Non Executive Director
SARAWAK PLANTATION BERHAD
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Annual Report 2014
Datu Haji Chaiti Bin Haji Bolhassan
Independent Non Executive Director
Datu Haji Chaiti, aged 61, was appointed as our Director on 30 August 2005. On 20 December 2012
he was redesignated from Non Independent Non Executive Director to Independent Non Executive
Director. He holds a Bachelor of Social Science with Honours from University Sains Malaysia
and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
He also attended the Senior Executive Fellow Program (SEF) at Harvard University, USA. He is a
member of our Board Audit Committee and our Remuneration and Nomination Committee.
He is currently the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development, Sarawak. Prior to this
he held various positions in the State Civil Service including Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Rural and Land Development, Director of Human Resource Management (Chief Minister’s Department),
Principal Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Resource Planning, Assistant Training Officer (Chief
Minister’s Department) and Administrative Officer in the Resident’s and District Office, Sri Aman.
He is an active member of the Sarawak Development Institute. He is a Director of Saratok Palm Oil Mill
Sdn Bhd and Bau Palm Oil Mill Sdn Bhd. He was conferred several honours including the Pingat
Perkhidmatan Bakti (Perak), Sijil Penghargaan Perkhidmatan Cemerlang, Pingat Perkhidmatan Cemerlang
(Emas) (PPC), Pingat Terpuji Delima (PTD), Darjah Johan Setia Mahkota (JSM), Darjah Jasa Bakti Sarawak
(DJBS) and Pingat Jubli Emas in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of Sarawak’s Independence.
Umang Jabu, aged 38, was appointed as our Director on 1 May 2007. She holds a Bachelor of
Business (Business Information Systems) and a Masters of Finance, both from RMIT University in
Melbourne, Australia. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Industrial and Employee Relations
and Master of Management in Human Resource Management, both from Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia. She is Chairman of our Board Audit Committee.
Since graduating, she has been working in the private sector as a director of a number of
companies. She has been the Director of Administration and Finance for Betong Premix Sdn.
Bhd. since its incorporation in 2003. She is responsible for Betong Premix’s strategic planning,
day-to-day operation, business support systems, financial management, financial control and
customer relationship management. She has also been a member of the Board of Trustees
of the Iban Women’s Charitable Trust since 2009.
