Yahya Bin Ariffin
Position: Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Nationality: Malaysian
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of Appointment: 11 August 2022
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION
- Diploma in Agriculture Science from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (now known as Universiti Putra Malaysia)
EXPERIENCE
En. Yahya Bin Ariffin was appointed to the Board on 11 August 2022 and was redesignated as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 25 April 2024. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee.
He began his career in 1979 as a Trainee Assistant on West Estate under a training scheme for Ketengah Jaya Sdn. Bhd., responsible for monitoring daily harvesting and field operations and left in 1980.
He joined Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad (now known as Sime Darby Berhad) in 1980 as a Planting Assistant, responsible for assisting in maintenance operations and developing strategies to improve production. He was promoted several times and in 2006, seconded to Minamas Plantation, Kalimantan, Indonesia as Acting Senior General Manager of Estate Operations, responsible for overseeing the overall estates & mills operations.
Upon the merger of plantation units in Permodalan Nasional Berhad in 2007, he was appointed as Head of Plantation Operations for the Kalimantan/Sulawesi region, responsible for managing the overall operations of estates and mills.
He returned to Malaysia as an Estate Advisor in 2013 under Sime Darby Plantation Berhad, responsible for providing advisory services on the overall plantation’s operation and strategic planning up until his retirement in 2017.
Directorship in Public Companies and Listed Issuers
Nil
Relationship with Other Directors and/or Substantial Shareholders
He 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