Meet the team

YM Raja Dato’ Haji Idris

Chairman

YM Raja Dato’ Idris has acquired more than thirty (30) years of experience holding top management positions in various private limited, public listed and multinational companies.

From 1994 to 2000, YM Raja Dato’ Haji Idris was with Siemens Group of Companies in Malaysia where he served as Managing Director of Nixdorf Computers Malaysia Sdn Bhd and also as the Executive Director of Siemens Nixdorf Information System (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. He was also a Non-Executive Director of Siemens Multimedia Sdn Bhd (an MSC Company) and from 1998 to 2000 assumed the position of Vice President at Information and Communication Network of Siemens Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

He was the former Group Executive Director of TDM Berhad, a public listed entity owned by the Terengganu State Government from the year 2000 to 2004. His leadership qualities and attributes led him to hold a position as the Chairman of Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Berhad, the flagship public listed corporation of the Selangor State Government, a role he served for seven years from 2011.

YM Raja Dato’ Haji Idris is a member of the Institute of Financial Services, UK, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, UK, and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute in the UK as well as a Consultant at the Markefield Institute of Higher Education, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, a position he has held since 2006.

YM Raja Dato’ Haji Idris also holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Strategic Management from the University of Derby, UK.

 YBM Dato’ Haji Tengku Hassan bin Tengku Omar

Director

YBM Dato’ Haji Tengku Hassan bin Tengku Omar was appointed as the Chairman of Golden Pharos Berhad (GPB) following his appointment as a Director on 1 August 2018.

He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economy from Universiti Malaya. He has served in various positions in the Terengganu State Civil Service between 1981 to 2004 including State Financial Officer, Director of Lands and Mines, Chief Executive Officer of Majlis Agama Islam dan Adat Melayu Terengganu (MAIDAM). He was the former Chairman of A&W Malaysia, Singapore & Thailand in 2000 until 2004.

He is currently the Ladang Assemblyman and State Exco for Trade, Industrial, Regional Development and Administrative Wellbeing and also sits on the Board of Lembaga Tabung Amanah Warisan Negeri Terengganu (LTAWNT).

Tuan Haji Burhanuddin Hilmi

Director

Tuan Haji Burhanuddin Hilmi, possesses an extensive experience and expertise in the audit industry and gained considerable insights on a variety of industries such as oil & gas, finance, manufacturing as well as having worked for two of the big four accounting firms in Malaysia.

He started his career at Price Waterhouse (now known as Pricewaterhouse Coopers [PwC]) in 1993 as the Audit Senior of Audit and Business Advisory Service and later became the Manager of the Assurance Division of KPMG, a position he held from 1998 to 2002.

Drawing on his skills and strengths from the audit and accounting industry, he was appointed as the Managing Director and Primary Consultant of BH Consulting Sdn Bhd in 2002. He was primarily involved in assessing clients’ business viability and provided business solutions to the issues and challenges they encountered. He also conducted reviews on the effectiveness of the clients’ internal control systems and made recommendations for improvements.

From 2006 to 2013, he was the Group Chief Financial Officer of Composites Technology Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd. (CTRM), a high technology company producing composite parts for Airbus and Boeing aircrafts. A Government-Linked Company under the Ministry of Finance, Inc until 2013 when it was acquired by DRB-Hicom Group.

With his in-depth knowledge and business insights, he was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd from 2013 to 2015. Weststar Aviation specialises in offshore helicopter transportation service for numerous oil & gas major companies operating in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and several African countries.

Following this, from 2015 to 2018 he was the Group Chief Financial Officer of Zetro Aerospace Corporation and Director of Chartridge Conference Company Ltd (UK).
Tuan Haji Burhanuddin Hilmi is a Chartered Accountant (CA) as well as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) with the Malaysian Institiute of Accountants (MIA) and Financial Planning Association of Malaysia respectively.

He holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) majoring in International Business from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and completed his Bachelor of Accounting (Hons.) at the International Islamic University of Malaysia.