Datuk anuar taib biodata

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 30): Sunway Bhd (KL:SUNWAY) has appointed its independent director Datuk Mohd Anuar Taib to an executive role as deputy president effective Jan 2,

Anuar, who will step down as chief executive officer of Sapura Energy Bhd (KL:SAPNRG) on Tuesday (Dec 31), joined the board of Sunway in July as an independent non-executive director.

He has more than 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, holding senior management positions in Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and Shell Malaysia.

Also appointed as deputy president is Evan Cheah Yean Shin, the son of Sunway founder and executive chairman Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling, who is being promoted from an alternate director to his father.

Besides that, Evan's sister Datin Paduka Sarena Cheah Yean Tih, who is currently an executive director, will be named as deputy executive chairman on Jan 2, , according to separate bourse filings on Monday.

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