Dato' Wira Syed Abdul Jabbar bin Syed Hassan
Independent Non-Executive Chairman

Dato’ Wira Syed Abdul Jabbar bin Syed Hassan, aged 70, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Tradewinds Plantation Berhad on 27 June 2006 and has served as Chairman of the Company since then. He is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee, Executive Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Dato’ Wira Syed Abdul Jabbar bin Syed Hassan holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from University of Western Australia and Masters in Marketing from University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange from 1980 to 1996, the Executive Chairman of the Malaysia Monetary Exchange from 1996 to 1998 and subsequently from 1998 to 2000, the Executive Chairman of the Commodity and Monetary Exchange.

Currently, Dato’ Wira Syed Abdul Jabbar bin Syed Hassan is the Chairman of Tradewinds (M) Berhad, MMC Corporation Berhad, MARDEC Berhad and Padiberas Nasional Berhad. He was recently appointed as Chairman and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Aliran Ihsan Resources Berhad on 15 March 2010. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Star Publications (M) Bhd and KAF Investment Bank (M) Berhad.

Dato’ Wira Syed Abdul Jabbar bin Syed Hassan has attended all seven (7) Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 December 2009.