NON-EXECUTIVE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
DATO’ SERI TENGKU DR ZAINAL ADLIN BIN TENGKU MAHAMOOD

Dato’ Seri Tengku Dr. Zainal Adlin bin Tengku Mahamood, a Malaysian citizen, aged 71, was appointed as Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of NPC on 31 January 2002. He was redesignated as Independent Non-Executive Deputy Chairman on 12 July 2004. He obtained his Advanced Course in Local Government Administration Certificate from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom and Institute of Local Government Studies, Sigtuna, Sweden in 1967. In 1981, he obtained the Top Management Programme Certificate from the Asian Institute of Management, and in 1995 was conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Hon.) from University Kebangsaan Malaysia. He began his career as a professionally trained pilot in the late fifties and early sixties. He subsequently served in the Kelantan Civil Service and the Malaysian Home and Diplomatic Service and had served in the capacity of Assistant District Officer, acting District Officer and Assistant State Secretary of Kelantan from 1961 to 1967 and was seconded from the Home and Diplomatic Service to the Sabah State Government for five (5) years from 1968 to 1973 in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer of the newly formed Sabah State Housing Commission. From 1974 to prior to retirement from Government service in 1996, he served the Yayasan Sabah in various capacities including Group Projects Development Manager, Deputy Director, Group Deputy Managing Director and Corporate Advisor. He is the appointed Chairman of the Sabah Tourism Board by the Sabah State Government since May 2000 to date. He is the President Emeritus and Past Chairman of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Malaysia. He has no family relationship with any other directors or major shareholders of the Company.