Dr. Hasuria Binti Che Omar



Position: Independent Non-Executive Director
Nationality: Malaysian
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of Appointment: 11 August 2022


EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION
  • Bachelor of Arts majoring in Geography from Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Master of Arts (Linguistics - Translation Studies) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Translation Studies from Universiti Sains Malaysia
EXPERIENCE

Dr. Hasuria Binti Che Omar was appointed to the Board on 11 August 2022. She is also the Chairperson of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

She began her career in 1995 as a Language teacher for the Centre for Language and Translation at University Sains Malaysia (“USM”), where she prepared study courses and conducted classes on subjects related to language and translation studies. She was promoted to Lecturer in 1998, in which she taught undergraduate students. In 2005, she was promoted to Senior Lecturer and her responsibilities expanded to include more research and publications and supervising postgraduate students for research and in mixed-mode study programmes.

In 2009, she was promoted to Associate Professor, where she led and coordinated courses and managed research and partnerships with other educational institutions. She was also responsible for designing and developing a range of study programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. She was the Deputy Dean (Academic, Students and Alumni) from 2013-2018 for the School of Humanities, USM before retired in 2022 after 26 years of service.

She has been the Advisor of the Malaysian Association of Sign Language Interpreter since 2006, Vice-President of the Malaysian Translators Association since 2009, a voluntary professional body established under the auspices of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), and assumed her current position as President of the Malaysian Translators Association on 23 December 2023. She is currently one of the Council Members of the International Federation of Translators (Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs, FIT), based in Paris, France.


Directorship in Public Companies and Listed Issuers

Nil


Relationship with Other Directors and/or Substantial Shareholders

She does not have any family relationship with any other Directors and/or substantial shareholders of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company or its subsidiaries.