MAIN Market-listed tiles manufacturer and information technology outfit YB Ventures Bhd (previously Yi-Lai Bhd) has appointed ex-cop Datuk Seri Tajudin Md Isa as the group’s non-executive chairman.
Tajudin retired as the director of Bukit Aman’s Logistics & Technology Department after having served the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) for 33 years on Dec 24, 2019. Prior to that, he was the director of the Crime Prevention and Community Safety Department.
“Together with the management of YB Ventures, we welcome Tajudin and are excited to work with him on our board,” commented YB Ventures’ executive director Datuk Au Yee Boon.
“We look forward to his guidance and leadership in driving YB Ventures towards new strides. He will bring with him his vast experience as a leader with high standards of discipline and corporate governance.”
More broadly, Tajudin has a holistic and extensive experience in PDRM by having held various positions during his tenure spanning three decades in the police force.
Aside from his role as the former logistics & technology director as well as crime prevention director at Bukit Aman, he was also the chief police officer (CPO) of Perlis and Kuala Lumpur.
His other stints included the role as deputy director of the Commercial Crime Investigation Department as well as the officer-in-charge of criminal investigation (OCCI) in Selangor.
Interestingly, Tajudin who is also the non-executive chairman of Atta Global Group Bhd since 2020 is not a pushover insofar as tertiary education is concerned by having hold a Masters in Police Studies from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma, US.
This is in addition to his two diplomas in accountancy from the Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM) and commercial crime control from the University of Exeter, UK.
As per the Bursa Malaysia filing on his appointment, Tajudin began his career as a junior executive at Bank Bumiputera Malaysia Bhd in 1981 prior to joining PDRM in 1987.
Aside from his chairmanship role, Tajudin has also been appointed as a member of YB Ventures audit committee and nomination committee.
At the close of yesterday’s (July 15) trading, YB Ventures was down 2 sen or 2.56% to 38 sen with 684,500 shares traded which valued the company at RM111 mil. – July 16, 2022
