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Tan Sri Datin Paduka Siti Sa'diah Binti Sheikh Bakir is our Independent Non-Executive Director. She was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2019.

Tan Sri Datin Paduka Siti Sa'diah binti Sheikh Bakir is a distinguished corporate figure and a respected leader in Malaysia's healthcare and education sectors, with extensive experience in leadership, strategy and business transformation

She began her career with Johor Corporation ("JCorp") in 1974 and joined JCorp's Healthcare Division in 1978. She was the Chief Executive of Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn. Bhd. from 1989 until the company's listing on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia in 1994 as KPJ Healthcare Berhad ("KPJ").

At KPJ, she served as Managing Director from 1993 until her retirement in 2012, and later served as the company's Corporate Advisor from 2013 to 2014. In her years at KPJ, Tan Sri Datin Paduka Siti Sa'diah led the transformational strategies that has established KPJ as one of the leading private healthcare service providers in Malaysia today. She was also an Independent Director of KPJ from 2015 until 2020.

She held several leadership roles at KPJ Healthcare University College ("KPJUC"), including Chairman (2011-2016), Pro-Chancellor (2011-2018) and Chancellor (2019-2022).

Her governance contributions extend across various public and private sector organisations. She was an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bursa Malaysia from 2004 to 2012 and a Board Member of MATRADE from 1999 to 2012. She also served on the boards of several public listed companies under the Johor Corporation Group, including Al-'Aqar Healthcare REIT, Kulim (M) Berhad, KFC Holdings Malaysia Bhd and QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd from 2006 to 2016. She was Chairman of Nationwide Express Holdings Berhad from 2016 to 2019, a Director of OSK Holdings Berhad from 2016 to 2021, Chairperson of Duopharma Biotech Berhad from 2017 to 2024 and Chairperson of Awqaf Holdings Berhad from 1 November 2017 to 1 February 2025.

In 2010, Tan Sri Datin Paduka Siti Sa'diah was conferred the "Malaysia's CEO of the Year 2009 Award", presented jointly by the New Straits Times Press and American Express. Between 2011 and 2015, she received numerous awards and accolades for her contributions to Malaysia's healthcare sector. In 2013, she published her biography, "Siti Sa'diah: Driven by Vision, Mission and Passion".

A passionate advocate for talent development in Malaysia, she served as a Director of Universiti Utara Malaysia ("UUM") and was Chairman of the Board of UUM from 2016 to 2018. She was a member of the Leadership Development Committee at the Razak School of Government from 2013 to 2018. She also served as Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ("UTM") from 2016 to 2021 and was a member of the Azman Hashim Business School UTM from 2019 to 2022. From 2021 to 2024, she served on the Strategy Board of Henley Business School, University of Reading, London.

Dedicated to advancing the quality of Malaysian healthcare, she was the President of the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health ("MSQH"), a national accreditation body for healthcare services, from its inception in 1997 until her retirement in December 2018. She also sits on other national-level councils and committees.