Press Releases
15 September 2016
Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani appointed to Khazanah Board of Directors
Khazanah Nasional Berhad (“Khazanah”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani to its Board of Directors. The appointment was made at the 80th meeting of Khazanah’s Board of Directors on 15 September 2016.
Datuk Johari is currently Minister of Finance II. Prior to his current appointment on 27 June 2016, Datuk Johari was the Deputy Minister of Finance. Datuk Johari started his career at international accounting firm, Peat Marwick & Co. (now known as KPMG) as an auditor. He went on to hold senior key positions in several public listed companies and was Managing Director in companies involved in the food and beverage, agriculture and manufacturing industries.
Datuk Johari is currently the Chairman of Yayasan Bena Nusa which was established to help reduce urban poverty and improve education for children from urban poor. He was also appointed Chairman of Jawatankuasa Pemakanan Negara at the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry.
He holds a Diploma in Accounting from Institut Teknologi MARA and is a qualified Chartered Accountant under the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.
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