2019 UEM Edgenta Annual Report

93 UEM Edgenta Berhad UEM EDGENTA AT A GLANCE MESSAGE FROM OUR LEADERSHIP STRATEGIC FOCUS OPERATIONAL REVIEW SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INTRODUCTION FINANCIAL REVIEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Annual Report 2019 DATO’ GEORGE STEWART LABROOY Independent Non-Executive Director Nationality Gender Age Date of Appointment Malaysian Male 69 1 December 2017 Board Committee Membership: • Chairman of Board Governance and Risk Committee • Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee Dato’ Stewart currently serves as Executive Chairman of Area Management Sdn. Bhd., the manager of the AREA Industrial Development Fund 1 which develops high grade industrial projects and estates in Malaysia. An esteemed and renowned property professional, he has over 43 years of experience in industrial design, manufacturing, operations management, property development, REIT and Funds management. He is a prominent speaker on the subject of real estate investment trusts and has presented numerous papers at conferences globally. Dato’ Stewart was the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Axis REIT Managers Bhd until December 2015. Axis REIT was the first Shariah compliant listed Industrial REIT in the world and the first REIT to be listed on Bursa Malaysia in August 2005. During that time, he worked to establish REITs as an important component of the capital markets in Malaysia. He spearheaded the formation of the Malaysian REIT Managers Association where he served as its Chairman for 5 years and is currently serving as its Honorary Secretary. He is also a Board Member of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA). He was instrumental in the establishment of Alpha REIT, Malaysia’s first unlisted Islamic REIT focused on Education assets, where he serves as Chairman of Alpha REIT Managers Sdn. Bhd., the manager of Alpha REIT. Qualification: • Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), University of Sheffield, United Kingdom • Post Graduate Diploma in Business Studies, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom • Member of the Institute of Engineers, Malaysia Present Directorship(s) in other Public Companies and Listed Issuers: Nil Board of Director’s Profile