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DATO' DR NORAESAH BINTI HAJI MOHAMAD

Dato' Dr Norraesah Binti Haji Mohamad, a Malaysian aged 64, was appointed to the Board on 18 August 2006.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Economics from University of Malaya in 1972. In 1982, she obtained her Masters in International Economics Relations from International Institute of Public Admininistration, France and Masters in International Economics and Finance from University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, France. She further obtained a PhD (Economics Science) International Economics and International Finance from University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, France in 1986. She has over fourty (40) years of working experience in the field of banking, consultancy, telecommunication, international trade and commerce.

From 1972 to 1985, she worked for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry during which time she was in charged of trade policies and bilateral and multilateral trade, and trade fairs and missions. From 1986 to 1988, she was attached to the Ministry of Finance, responsible for privatisation and debt management matters. In 1988, she left the public sector to join ESSO Production Malaysia Inc. as a Communications Manager. From 1990 to 1991, she assumed the position of Managing Director with a consulting firm which provides financial and investment advisory services. She was later appointed as the Chief Representative of Credit Lyonnais Bank in Malaysia in 1991, a position she held until 1998. She was the Chairman of Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia from 2000 to 2003.

She is currently the Chairman of the World Islamic Businesswomen Network of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) and sits on it's Board of Trustees and serves on the Organisation of Islamic Conference ("OIC") countries. She is also a member of UMNO Supreme Council since 2000. She was appointed as a Senator in 2005 and held the position until 2008.

She sits on the Board of Directors of KESM Industries Berhad, Ya Horng Electronic (M) Berhad, Adventa Berhad, Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad, ICapital.Biz Berhad and Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Berhad, all of which are listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. She also sits on the Board of Directors of several private limited companies.

She does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company or any conflict of interest with the Company nor does she has any convictions for offences within the past 10 years, except for traffic offences, if any.

She has attended all five (5) Board meetings held in the financial year ended 30 June 2012. She holds 6,960,000 ordinary shares directly in the Company.

WONG THEAN SOON

Wong Thean Soon, a Malaysian aged 41, was appointed to the Board on 6 March 2000. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee.

In 1995, he graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering. He has accumulated more than 12 years of experience in the ICT industry with his involvement in designing, implementing and maintainence of communication applications on the Internet in various technology companies, both local and abroad. He commenced his career in the ICT industry in 1995 with Cybersource Pte Ltd, Singapore as co-founder and Executive Director of the company. During his tenure there, he oversaw the development of PictureMail, an integrated graphical e-mail package, which was licenced to Sony, among others. He was also in charge of developing and marketing an additional product, the Global Messaging System, which was licenced to paging operators in the Asian region including EasyCall International of Australia and Lenso Paging of Thailand.

He subsequently founded Tecnochannel Technologies Sdn Bhd in 1997 and formed marketing and manufacturing partnerships with a range of MNCs to develop and market Internet devices, where such devices were successfully marketed in China. He successfully listed Tecnochannel Technologies Sdn Bhd on the American Exchange via the holding company known as MyWeb Inc.com in 1999.

He resigned from the Chief Executive Officer position at Tecnochannel Technologies Sdn Bhd in 2000 and cofounded MYEG in the same year. He was one of the pioneering members of MYEG Group and has been instrumental in establishing and managing the operations of MYEG Group. He is responsible for formulating and implementing business policies and corporate strategies of MYEG Group as well as prominently spearheading the progress and development of MYEG Group. He also sits on the board of several private limited companies. He does not hold any directorships in any other public or public listed company.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company or any conflict of interest with the Company nor he has any convictions for offences within the past 10 years, except for traffic offences, if any.

He has attended all five (5) Board meetings held in the financial year ended 30 June 2012. He holds 50,426,006 ordinary shares directly in the Company and 189,657,998 ordinary shares indirectly in the Company.

DATO' RAJA MUNIR SHAH BIN RAJA MUSTAPHA

Dato' Raja Haji Munir Shah Bin Raja Mustapha, a Malaysian aged 49, was appointed to the Board on 20 May 2004.

He started his career as an Operations Executive between 1985 and 1987 in Wagon Engineering Sdn Bhd where he was involved in the daily administrations of the company. He resigned in 1987 to join Bumi Kekal Bekal Sdn Bhd as the Branch Manager. He subsequently left in 1988, in the course of his career there, he further obtained a Diploma in Business Studies from Peterborough Regional College, United Kingdom in 1988 and later served as a Director in SP Maju Sdn Bhd. between 1992 till 1998. During his tenure in SP Maju Sdn Bhd, he oversaw the business operations, finance and day-to-day management functions of the company.

In 1997, he was elected to head the Tanjong UMNO Youth Division and subsequently appointed as the State UMNO Youth Information Chief until his tenure ended in 2004. He was appointed as a City Councilor in 1997, 1998, 2003 and 2004. During his tenure as a Councilor in Penang Island Municipal Council ("MPPP"), he served as Chairman and Committee Member in various standing committees overseeing legislatives and policy matters within the jurisdiction of MPPP which covers the island of Penang.

In 2008, he was elected as Deputy Head of the UMNO Tanjung Division, a position he still holds presently.

He is currently a Director of Longstore Logistics (M) Sdn Bhd and sits on the board of several private limited companies. He does not hold any directorships in any other public or public listed company.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company or any conflict of interest with the Company nor he has any convictions for offences within the past 10 years, except for traffic offences, if any.

He has attended four (4) Board meetings held in the financial year ended 30 June 2012. He holds 409,900 ordinary shares directly in the Company and 189,657,998 ordinary shares indirectly in the Company.

TAN SRI DATO' MUHAMMAD RAIS BIN ABDUL KARIM

Tan Sri Dato' Dr Muhammad Rais Bin Abdul Karim, a Malaysian aged 66, was appointed to the Board on 31 December 2008. He is the Chairman of the Audit and Remuneration Committees and also a member of the Nomination Committee.

He had served in the Government of Malaysia for 38 years from 1969 to 2007. During his career with the public service of the Government of Malaysia, he held various distinguished positions, among them are Vice Chancellor, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim, Perak Malaysia (11 February 2004 - 31 August 2007), Director General, Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), Prime Minister's Department, Kuala Lumpur (16 July 1996 - 13 March 2003), Deputy Director General, Public Service Department, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (16 May 1994 - 15 July 1996) and Director, National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (16 June 1991 - 15 May 1994).

He was also appointed by His Majesty The Yang Dipertuan Agong to the Royal Commission To Enhance the Operations and Management of the Royal Malaysian Police Force (PDRM) between 11 February 2004 to 10 May 2005.

Currently, he is the the Non-Executive Chairman of Goodyear Malaysia Berhad and a Director of Malaysian Director's Academy (MINDA). He is also a Director of Yakin IT Sdn Bhd and the Honorary Treasurer of Muslim Welfare Organisation Malaysia (PERKIM) and the Chairman of PERKIM's National Cooperative Society (KOPERKIM).

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company or any conflict of interest with the Company nor does he has any conviction for offences anytime in the past, save for traffic offences, if any.

He has attended all five (5) Board meetings held in the financial year ended 30 June 2012. He holds 2,503,000 ordinary shares directly in the Company and 1,700,000 ordinary shares indirectly in the Company.

NG FOOK AI VICTOR

Ng Fook Ai, Victor, a Singaporean aged 64, was appointed to the Board on 2 January 2008. He is also a member of the Audit Committee.

He holds a B.Sc (Econs)(Hons) and a M.Sc(Econs) from the University of London, where he was awarded the University's Convocation Book Prize (First) and the Lord Hailsham Scholarship. He is currently a Visiting Professor (Energy Economics) at China Datuk Mohd Jimmy Wong Bin Abdullah, a Malaysian aged 50, was appointed to the Board on 18 August 2006. He is also a Chairman of the Nomination Academy of Sciences, New Energy Institute (Guangzhou), People's Republic of China.

He was awarded the PBM (Community Services) for his social contributions by the President of the Republic of Singapore in 1992. He also sponsors the Victor Ng Fund, a bursary scheme for graduate students at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Victor has been investing in Asia for over 20 years and in China since 1996. With experience across a range of industry sectors, he has particular expertise in the energy, water and clean technology fields.

He is the founder and Executive Chairman of New Asia Assets, an Asian headquartered investment company focused on investing in Greater China. Victor has founded and managed a number of China focused funds, including China Growth Opportunities, a £50million UK listed fund that focuses on private equity investment in China, and Changjiang Investment, a US$100 million fund focused on China. He is also the Chairman of Rockstead Capital Fund Ltd, a regulated fund management.

He has over 40 years of experience in financial advisory services and he was a former Principal/Consulting Partner of KPMG Singapore. He is also a Non- Executive Chairman of Singapore listed Devotion Energy Group limited, a clean energy equipment business, and Independent Director of Singapore listed Asia Power Corp Ltd, which owns and operates eco-friendly hydropower plants in China. He does not hold any directorships in any other public or public listed company.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company or any conflict of interest with the Company nor he has any convictions for offences within the past 10 years, except for traffic offences, if any.

He has attended all five (5) Board meetings held in the financial year ended 30 June 2012.

DATUK MOHD JIMMY WONG BIN ABDULAH

Datuk Mohd Jimmy Wong Bin Abdullah, a Malaysian aged 50, was appointed to the Board on 18 August 2006. He is also a Chairman of the Nomination Committee and member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Upon completing his secondary education in 1981, he began his career with the Royal Malaysian Police starting off as a new recruit. In 1994, he was stationed on a 2-year Diplomatic Mission in Wisma Putra in Guangzhou, China until 1996. In that same year, he completed his Diploma in Business Studies from Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

During his service with the Royal Malaysian Police, he was promoted several times and had risen from the ranks before retiring in 2002. He does not hold any directorships in any other public or public listed company.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company or any conflict of interest with the Company nor he has any convictions for offences within the past 10 years, except for traffic offences, if any.

He has attended all five (5) Board meetings held in the financial year ended 30 June 2012. He holds 552,000 ordinary shares directly in the Company.