Group Chief Financial Officer
Female, Age 45, Malaysian
QUALIFICATIONS
MEMBERSHIP OF ASSOCIATIONS
DATE APPOINTED TO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
DIRECTORSHIP OF OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
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- Bachelor of Commerce ( Accounting and Finance ), Flinders University of South Australia
MEMBERSHIP OF ASSOCIATIONS
- Fellow, CPA Australia
- Fellow, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
- Member, Malaysian Institute of Accountants
- Member, Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Senior Management Development Programme, Harvard Business School, Alumni Club of Malaysia
DATE APPOINTED TO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
- 9 November 2020
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
- Farnida is currently the Group Chief Financial Officer of UMW Holdings Berhad. She is also a Board member of Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) and a member of the Interpretations Committee for Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB).
- She has over 23 years of experience in a broad range of industries including media, telecommunication, plantation,oil and gas, property development, transportation and manufacturing. Her vast experience covers the fields of accounting, finance, business assurance and various corporate transactions, namely mergers and acquisitions,initial public offerings, corporate bond issuance, corporate restructuring, strategy and transformation.
- She began her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1999 before joining KPMG six years later. In 2009, she joined Big Tree Outdoor Sdn Bhd, one of Media Prima Berhad’s (MPB) wholly owned subsidiaries as the General Manager, Finance. Subsequently, she was promoted to MPB Group as the Group General Manager for Financial Reporting and Taxation.
- Prior to joining UMW, she was the Group Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary where she was responsible for the Group’s corporate functions in finance,treasury, corporate finance, investor relations, information technology, management services, legal and secretarial. She has been very instrumental in the restructuring and transformation of MPB Group.
DIRECTORSHIP OF OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
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- None
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