Metrod Holdings Berhad announced appointment of Madam Sujatha Sekhar A/P Tan Sri B.C. Sekhar as Independent and Non Executive Director. Age is 59. Nationality is Malaysia.

Date of change is November 29, 2022. Qualifications: LL.B. (Hons) Law Degree from University of London; Solicitor- Bar of England and Wales and Law Society of England and Wales; Solicitor from Malaysian Bar; Accredited Mediator plus Certified Trainer and Coach from Bar Council’s Malaysian Mediation Centre. Working experience and occupation: Sujatha is a senior capital markets professional whose experience encompasses policy and strategy development, governance, compliance, and dispute resolution; She is currently the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance (MICG), and has been a Non-Executive Independent Director of Ombudsman for Financial Services (OFS) since September 2020; With over 30 years of experience in legal, governance and capital market work, she brings a depth of experience plus a practical and holistic understanding of financial markets, the regulatory framework and investor concerns and challenges; In October 2021, Sujatha took on the mantle of Chief Governance Officer & Group General Counsel of Smart Glove Holdings Bhd, bringing her experience in governance and compliance work to the manufacturing sector.

Her focus is the enhancement and implementation of a robust ESG framework for the Company, that ensures compliance to both international and domestic standards and regulations; Prior to this, she was Managing Partner and Principal Consultant of SSN Consult Plt, during which, she worked as part of a founding team with a fintech start up, responsible for developing the risk and compliance framework for the platform; She served as CEO of the Securities Industry Dispute Resolution Center (SIDREC) from 2013 to 2019. As CEO, she helped steer SIDRECs dispute resolution service to be at par with international best practice and in step with developments in the capital market. Her prior work as a regulator at the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), included advisory and reform work in both the General Counsels Office and the Corporate Finance and Investments Business Group.

She was involved in SC's major policy and reform work and responsible for the development and implementation of the investor education strategy and management of complaints on market misconduct.