MAS picks Md Nor Md Yusof as chairman

KUALA LUMPUR: MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM BHD [] has appointed its former managing director Tan Sri Md Nor Md Yusof as its chairman with effect from August 1, 2011.

In a filing Friday, July 29, MAS said Md Nor was appointed as director of Khazanah Nasional Bhd on April 1, and currently serves as the chairman of its executive committee.

“He also sits on the Boards of several companies and institutions including Malaysian Agrifood Corporation Bhd, Pelaburan Hartanah Bhd and is also a Trustee of Yayasan Khazanah,’ it said.

Md Nor was appointed to the board of CIMB Group Holdings Bhd as director in June 2006 and assumed the post of chairman on July 31, 2006. He is also chairman of CIMB Group Sdn. Bhd.

Md Nor spent 18 years of his working career with the CIMB Group, and more notably as president and chief executive officer of Bank of Commerce (M) Berhad (now known as CIMB Bank).

He completed his term as executive chairman of the Securities Commission on March 31, 2006.

Prior to that appointment, he was the MAS managing director after serving a period as advisor to the Ministry of Finance.