Boustead Plantations Berhad has appointed Datuk Mustapa Kamal Mohd Yusoff and Datuk Hj. Abdul Ghani Abdul Rashid as its Independent Non-Executive Directors, effective 1 February 2022.
Datuk Mustapa Kamal, aged 58, brings years of experience in both the corporate and public sectors. He has served as a Member of Advisory Board for Dewan Bandaray Kuala Lumpur between 2008 to 2018 and has held several directorships throughout his professional career. He was appointed as a Member of Dewan Negara, Parliament of Malaysia, between 2016 to 2019. Currently, Datuk Mustapa Kamal serves as Chairman of YWP Media Sdn Bhd and Member of the Board of Trustees for Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan.
As for, Datuk Hj. Abdul Ghani, comes from the education sector has attained a Diploma Perguruan Malaysia in 1984 and subsequently began his professional career as a teacher in 1985. He left the teaching profession in 2000 to pursue other professional opportunities.
BPB Chief Executive Officer Zainal Abidin Shariff said the Group is very pleased and honoured to welcome Datuk Mustapa Kamal and Datuk Hj. Abdul Ghani is its newest addition to the board.
“Their experience and expertise will certainly be beneficial as the Group continues to focus its unrelenting efforts in enhancing and maximising returns to our shareholders, in line with the Reinventing Boustead strategy. “As we embark on a journey to become a sustainable technology-based plantation company; the experience, guidance, and counsel from our board members will certainly contribute to solidifying BPB’s position as one of the prominent players in the plantation industry,” Zainal Abidin said.
