Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust announced the appointment of Encik Sr Zulazman Bin Zulkifli as Independent and Non Executive Director. Date of change is February 9, 2024. Age is 56.

Working experience and occupation:-Sr Zulazman is a Senior Partner of Glenhill Capital Sdn Bhd, a Private Equity Management Corporation registrered with the Securities Commission Malaysia and he also an Independent Non-Executive Director of HCK Capital Group Bhd. He was the Director, Head of Origination, and subsequently the Director, Head of Equities of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd. He was the Group Executive Director of Apex Equity Holdings Bhd and concurrently Non-Executive Chairman of JF Apex Securities Bhd.

He is an Investment Banker, Stockbroker, Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, as well as Member of Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia, Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and Individual Member of FIABCI Malaysia Chapter. He has over 25 years of stockbroking and property experience. His foray into property was through a joint venture with UEM Land Holdings Sdn Bhd (now known as UEM Sunrise Bhd) and AMP Capital Investors of Australia.

He was previously Independent Non-Executive Director of AmanahRaya Kenedix REIT Manager Sdn Bhd, the management company of AmanahRaya REIT where he chaired the Investment and Tender Committee. Throughout his career in Malaysia, Sr Zulazman was also a Dealing Member and a Licensed Dealers Representative of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and Bursa Malaysia, a Licensed Investment Advisor with the Securities Commission, a Registered Responsible Person with the Securities Commission for a Venture Capital Management Corporation while in Australia he was an ASIC licensed Investment Advisor. He has held various positions in financial services at Academia Capital, DH Flinders, Kuala Lumpur City Securities (now known as Alliance Investment Bank), CIMB Securities (now known as CIMB Investment Bank), ShareTech Securities, Jardine Fleming, Arab-Malaysian Securities (now known as AmInvestment Bank) in Malaysia, Cazenove & Co and as an Intern in Property Equities at UBS Philips & Drew in the UK.

Qualifications: Professional Qualification in CHARTERED SURVEYOR from ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS; Degree in PROPERTY VALUATION AND FINANCE from CITY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; CERTIFICATE in REAL ESTATE ECONOMICS & FINANCE from LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.