Datin Paduka Siti Sa’diah Sheikh Bakir, aged 55, is the Managing Director of KPJ Healthcare Berhad (KPJ) ~ a post she has held since 1 March 1993. She graduated from University Malaya with a Bachelor in Economics degree in 1974, and holds an MBA from Henley Management College, London, United Kingdom.

Since joining Johor Corporation (JCorp) in 1974, she has been directly involved in the development and expansion of JCorp’s Healthcare Division. Datin Paduka has also held the post of the Chief Executive of Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn Bhd, the holding company of KPJ, from 1989 until the listing of KPJ Healthcare Berhad in 1994.Datin Paduka sits as the Chairman of various hospitals in the KPJ Group, as well as the Chairman of Willis (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, and a Director of Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad, Puteri Hotels Sdn Bhd and Damansara RE IT Managers Sdn Bhd, all of which are companies within the JCorp Group.

In addition, she is a Director of Kumpulan Waqaf An-Nur, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the provision of healthcare services to the less fortunate. She has been the President of the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH) since its inception in 1997. Datin Paduka has been a Board member of MATRA DE since 1999, a member of the Malaysian Productivity Council’s (MPC) Consultative Panel on Healthcare since 2001, and a member of the National Patient Safety Council, Ministry of Health since 2003.She is also an Independent Director of Bursa Malaysia, elected since 2004.

Other than as disclosed, she does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company. She has no personal interest in any business arrangement  involving KPJ. She has not been convicted for any offence, and has attended all four (4) Board of Directos’ Meetings of the Company in the financial year ended 31 December 2007.