Datuk Dr Abdul Samad Alias
Chairman, Credit Approval Committee of the Board

Datuk Dr Abdul Samad Alias was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors on 1 August 2008. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from the University of Western Australia and is a council member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He was also the first Malaysian to be elected as one of the board members of the International Federation of Accountants. He now acts as the Chairman of Malaysian Venture Capital Management Berhad and Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad.

He also sits on the boards of Lembaga Tabung Haji, TH Plantation Berhad, Felda Holdings Berhad, Perbadanan Kemajuan Iktisad Negeri Kelantan, Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. Prior to his appointment as Chairman of BPMB, Datuk Dr Abdul Samad was the Non Executive Chairman of Messrs. Ernst & Young