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UEM Sunrise Announces Appointment of Two Members of The Boards of Directors

UEM Sunrise Berhad (“UEM Sunrise” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointments of Chari Thandalam Veeravalli Thirumala and Poh Ying Loo as its new Independent Non-Executive Directors in the Board of Directors (“the Board”) of the Company effective today.

The appointment follows the resignations of Subimal Sen Gupta Sen and Anwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib last month.

Chari Thandalam, 64, is a chartered accountant by training with decades of experience in Hewlett Packard Malaysia. He also served Celcom Axiata Berhad and Axiata Group Berhad as Group Chief Financial Officer and is currently a consultant to several multinational and public listed companies.

Poh, 58, also a chartered accountant, has more than 35 years’ working experience across a diverse set of industries including auditing, manufacturing and trading, before joining the retail industry. He spent 24 years in Aeon Co. (M) Berhad, rising the ranks until he was made Chief Financial Officer before retiring as Executive Director, a position he held since May 2011.