KENANGA ANNUAL REPORT 2018

22 KENANGA INVESTMENT BANK BERHAD YM Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Tengku Noor Zakiah Tengku Ismail (“ YM Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Tengku Noor Zakiah ”) co-founded Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (“ KIBB ” or “ the Company ”) in 1973 under the name K & N Kenanga Sdn Bhd and served as the Executive Chairman of the Company until January 2007. In January 2010, she was re-designated as Non-Executive Chairman of KIBB. Prior to this, she was a partner in a stockbroking rm, Hallam & Co., from 1964 to 1971. She was the rst (1 st ) lady member of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, now known as Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in 1964 and has over fty (50) years of experience in the securities industry. She was one of the founders of the Association of Stockbroking Companies Malaysia (“ Association ”) and was appointed as President of the Association, a post she held until 1994 when she became its Chairman. She was made a Life Adviser to the Association when she retired as Chairman in 1997. YM Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Tengku Noor Zakiah was conferred the “Lady Extraordinaire Award 2014” by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development Malaysia in recognition of her remarkable and exceptional contributions and achievements in the eld of stockbroking. She also received the “Ikon Peniagawati 2015” award from the Association of Bumiputera Women in Business and Profession, Malaysia (PENIAGAWATI) in recognition of her entrepreneurship, and for being the rst (1 st ) Bumiputera lady in the eld of stockbroking in Malaysia, where she has served for more than ve (5) decades, since 1964. For being a pioneer in the industry, she was recently awarded an entry to the Malaysia Book of Records as ‘The First Female Entrepreneur To Start Up A Stockbroking Company’. Due to the mandatory regulatory requirement for the Board of Directors to comprise a majority of Independent Directors, YM Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Tengku Noor Zakiah relinquished her position as Chairman and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of KIBB on 28 January 2017. Following thereto, YM Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Tengku Noor Zakiah was appointed as Adviser of Kenanga Group. PROF I L E Malaysian Aged 91 Female Founder and Adviser YM TAN SRI DATO’ PADUKA TENGKU NOOR ZAKIAH TENGKU ISMAIL FOUNDER AND ADVISER’S PROFILE