Board of Directors

An Independent Non-Executive Director since July 1979 and appointed as Chairman in May 2003. Graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from Nottingham University, UK in 1970 and called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in 1971. Tunku Imran has held senior management positions with various companies including Perbadanan Nasional Berhad and Haw Par (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd from 1971 to 1976. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Antah Group of Companies from 1976 until he stepped down at the end of February 2001. He currently sits as Chairman of Aluminium Company of Malaysia Berhad.

Appointed as Non-Executive Director of the Company on 17 August 2007. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Applied Mechanics from Navarre University, Spain in 1982 and 1985 respectively. He was a Senior Scholar from Standford University in 1986 and obtained his MBA from Insead in 1989. Following his earlier career in engineering and consultancy, he joined Lafarge S.A. in 1995 as Vice President, Group Strategies Studies. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Asland, Spain from 1998 to 2001. He was later appointed as Executive Vice President Cement Division, Lafarge S.A. and was also a member of the Executive Committee from 2001 to 2003. From 2003, he was appointed as Group Executive Vice President & President, Gypsum Division where he served until his appointment as Group Executive Vice President and Co-President Cement Division in September 2007.

An Independent Non-Executive Director since July 1979. Graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from Bristol University in 1952. Called to the English Bar in 1953 and the Malayan Bar in 1955. He started his career in legal practice in 1954 in Shearn Delamore & Co. and Drew & Napier where he remained until his retirement in January 1987 as the Senior Partner. He was formerly a Chairman of the Malayan Bar, a part time Judicial Commissioner and Chairman of the Sabah Inquiry Commission. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Pacific & Orient Berhad, Lingui Developments Berhad and Gleanealy Plantations (Malaya) Berhad. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee of the Company.

Appointed as Executive Director in April 2000 and has been a Non-Executive Director since October 2000 following his retirement after 36 years of service with the Group. He became an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 December 2002. Obtained his fellowship Diploma in Civil Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia in 1960 and is a member of the Institute of Engineers (Malaysia). He joined the Group in 1964, and had held various positions until his appointment as Managing Director/Group Chief Executive of the Group’s operating units in 1981, a position he held until his retirement in September 2000. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration and Nomination Committee of the Company.

Appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 9 November 2004. Graduated with a B.A. Hons in Public Admin. from University of Tasmania in 1971 and Diplome Gestion Publique Institut International D’Administration Publique, Paris in 1980. He started his career in the Policy Research Division of the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Department and subsequently held the position of Principal Assistant Director in both the Public Services Department and the Technical Cooperation Division of the Economic Planning Unit. From 1985 to October 2004, he held various positions in the Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI); his last position was as the Secretary-General of MITI. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Shangri-La Hotels Malaysia Berhad, Transmile Group Berhad, Ann Joo Resources Berhad, Favelle Favco Berhad and Ophir Holdings Berhad. He was appointed Chairman of the Cement & Concrete Association of Malaysia on 22 June 2005. On 22 February 2006, he was appointed the Chairman of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee of the Company.

Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 18 February 2002. Graduated from Ecole des Mines, France and obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from IMI, Geneva. Joined the Lafarge Group in 1970 and became Executive Vice President for Human Resource and Corporate Communications in 1984. He was appointed as Senior Executive Vice President in the Lafarge Group in 1989, and also held the position of President & Chief Executive Officer, Lafarge Corporation in North America from 1992 to 1996. He chaired the Executive Committee of the Lafarge Cement Division from September 2000 to September 2007 and then served as Chief Operating Officer of Lafarge S.A. until June 2008. Michel Rose has now retired from Lafarge S.A.

Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2005. Prior to that, he was an alternate director to Michel Rose since 18 February 2002. He joined Lafarge S.A. as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President on 1 March 2001 with responsibility for the Finance function, Legal affairs and Purchasing. He is a member of the Lafarge Group Executive Committee. He holds a Masters in Business Law and a degree in Economic Science and Accounting and began his career with the Arthur Young auditing firm, moving on to join the Matra Group (now EADS) in 1986, where he held several posts in financial management in France and the United States. In 1991, he was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Matra Marconi Space and retained the same position in Astrium, the company resulting from the merger in 2000 of Matra Marconi Space with the space operations of the Daimler Benz Group.

Appointed as Non-Executive Director of the Company on 14 November 2008. He graduated with a Doctorate of Law from University of Vienna in 1985 and obtained his MBA from University of Economics in Vienna in 1990. He joined the Group in 1990 as Assistant to the CEO of Lafarge Perlmooser AG, Austria and was named Chief Financial Officer in 1995. He was later appointed as the Chief Executive Officer in 1998.  In 2002, he assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge India Ltd, India. In October 2005, he was appointed as the Regional President, Cement – Asia of Lafarge Asia Sdn Bhd (Regional Office at Kuala Lumpur) and later as the Regional President, Cement - South West Asia on 1 November 2008.

Appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director on 23 March 2009. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from University of Tasmania, Australia in 1973 and was admitted as a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants in 1977. He is also a Certified Public Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 1978.  He commenced his career as an Accountant of Robur Tea Co. Ltd., Australia in 1974 and subsequently joined Coopers & Lybrand, Malaysia as an Audit Supervisor in 1975. He joined Utama Wardley Merchant Bank as Senior Manager of the Banking Division in 1978 and later joined Harper Gilfillan Group in 1982 as Director of Corporate and Finance Development. In 1987, he joined Permodalan Nasional Berhad as General Manager of Corporate Services Division until 1992. He then became the Managing Director of Island & Peninsular Berhad from 1993 to 1999. Currently, he is a Non-Executive Chairman of TPPT Sdn Bhd (an associated company of Bank Negara Malaysia) and Chairman of Debts Restructuring Committee for small and medium scale industries. He also holds directorship in Glenealy Plantations (Malaya) Berhad, TH Plantations Berhad, Tebrau Teguh Berhad, Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad and Iskandar Investment Berhad. He is a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.

Appointed as President & Chief Executive Officer on 5 May 2008 and as a Director of the Company on 16 May 2008.  She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Legal Management from Ateneo De Manila University and her Bachelor of Laws degree from Ateneo College of Law. Upon graduating, she was in legal practice in major law firms and financial institutions for about 13 years before joining Jardine Davies Inc, Philippines where she was a Director and held various senior executive positions before assuming the position of Senior Vice President - Legal and Treasurer in September 2000. During this period, she also held the position as Director, Philippine Bank of Communications, Philippines. She joined the Lafarge Group in September 2002 as Senior Vice President - Legal, Corporate Governance and External Relations in Lafarge Cement Services Philippines Inc.; and was also a member of the Executive Committee. From September 2004 to January 2006, she held the post of Senior Legal Counsel based in Lafarge S.A., Paris. In February 2006, she was appointed Deputy General Counsel, a position which she held until her appointment as President & Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Malayan Cement Berhad.

Qualified as an accountant in 1983 after four years of articleship with a professional firm of accountants, and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He joined Lafarge Malayan Cement in 1987 as Finance Manager, and has held various positions involving business development, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance activities and acting as Company Secretary from 1990 to 1998 before taking up his current position since January 1999.

Appointed as Executive Director of the Company on 30 July 2009. He graduated with Honours from the University of London, United Kingdom in 1985. He started his career with Redland PLC, UK in 1985. He has held various managerial positions within Redland PLC and was one of the General Managers within the UK when Redland PLC was acquired by Lafarge SA in 1996.  In 1999, he was appointed the Regional Director of Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete Ltd, U.K.  

He assumed the role of Vice President, Performance, Aggregates & Asphalt with Lafarge SA, Paris in 2002 and was later appointed the Senior Vice President, Aggregates & Asphalt in 2005. In September 2007, he was appointed the Regional President, Aggregates & Concrete, Asia & Middle East of Lafarge Asia Sdn Bhd.