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He built the company from a modest structural steel erection specialist in Malaysia into one of the world's leading integrated structural steel turnkey contractors. Under his leadership, the Group has successfully completed the structural steel work for several high-profile projects namely, Tower 2 of the Petronas and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia; the Burj Al-Arab, Dubai Mall, Ski Dubai and Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE; Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi, UAE; and the New Doha International Airport in Doha, Qatar. He was also instrumental in establishing steel fabrication facilities in Rawang, Dubai, Sharjah and Doha with a combined annual capacity of 120,000MT and developed Eversendai to where it is today.

He has won several notable industry awards which pay tribute to his contributions to the construction industry such as the Golden Construction Award 2008 from Trade Leaders Club, Madrid, Spain, Malaysian Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 from Ernst & Young, CEO of the Year Award in 2008 by CIDB and Brand Personality Award in 2009 by The Brandlaureate in the Asia-Pacific. He is a council member of the Master Builders Association of Malaysia, one of the trustees for the Construction Industry Research Institute of Malaysia and is also a board member of CIDB. He is also an active speaker and has been invited to deliver speeches at various seminars, forums, universities and conferences.

He obtained his Bachelor in Law (Honours) Degree from University of Singapore in 1967. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and attended the Advance Management Programme by Harvard University, Boston in 1994. He started his career in the Judicial and Legal service of the Government. He was the Senior Federal Counsel responsible for tax and treasury matters. Thereafter, he left the government service to join the private sector. He joined Royal Dutch Shell ("Shell") working in Malaysia, the Netherlands and in the UK. During his last posting in Shell in London, he was the Head of the Legal Division responsible for Shell's investments, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions worldwide. Before retiring from Shell, he returned to Malaysia to assume the position of Deputy Chairman and Executive Director of the Shell Companies in Malaysia. He was also the Chairman of Shell Chemicals (TKSB). After his retirement he was appointed as a director on the boards of several companies. Currently, he is the Chairman of Fitters Diversified Bhd, Bechtel Bina Malaysia Sdn Bhd, CDC Management Sdn Bhd and CDC Consulting Sdn Bhd. He also sits on the board of Rotary MEC (M) Sdn Bhd. He is an independent non-executive director of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co Bhd.

He obtained his Bachelor in Social Science Degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1974 and a Certificate in Diplomacy from the University of Oxford in 1977. He also obtained a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations and Strategic Studies, from the University of Lancaster in 1986. Tan Sri Rastam began his career in the Malaysian Administrative and Diplomatic Service in 1974. He was appointed as High Commissioner of Malaysia to Pakistan in October 1994. In November 1996, he became the first Malaysian Ambassador to Bosnia Herzegovina, resident in Sarajevo. He was posted back to New York as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in May 1998. From September 1999 to March 2003, Tan Sri Rastam assumed the post of Malaysian Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia. He returned to New York and served as Malaysia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from March 2003 to August 2005. He served as Deputy Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia before being appointed as Secretary General. Tan Sri Rastam served as the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia from 8th January 2006 to 2nd September 2010. He retired after serving for more than 36 years for the Malaysian government. He was appointed as an advisor to the Chief Minister's Department, Sarawak in November 2010. With more than 36 years of working experience at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia, Tan Sri Rastam gained vast experience in administration, management, diplomacy and International relations.

He holds a Diploma in Commerce from Tunku Abdul Rahman College. He is the Senior Partner of S. L. Ng & Associates. He is a Chartered Accountant, approved Company Auditor and Liquidator. He is a Member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants, Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK, Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators UK, Member of Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Fellow Member of Institute of Co-operative and Management Auditors Malaysia and Fellow Member of Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia. He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of Audit, Receivership, Liquidation and Corporate Advisory Services. He was the President of Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia from 2006 to June 2010. He is also the Managing Director of Kota Kelang Development Sdn Bhd and Director of CIDB. He is a member of MIA Insolvency Committee and Council Member of Insolvency Practitioners Association of Malaysia (IPAM).

He is a Chartered Civil Engineer and has obtained his Master of Business Administration post graduate degree from London Business School, UK. He is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK. He has over 20 years of experience in the structural steel industry spanning across the Middle East, India and South East Asia.

He was with Kvaerner Construction (formerly known as Trafalgar House) of the UK for a period of 12 years where he was seconded to Cleveland Bridge's structural steel division in the Middle East, Malaysia and India. He was responsible for the successful tendering, negotiation and execution of several major projects and was involved in the expansion of their steel fabrication facilities in Dubai, UAE and Seremban, Malaysia. His last position in Cleveland Bridge was as Managing Director of their Indian operations and Director of their Malaysian operations. Prior to joining us, he was with the Sembawang Group, Singapore for about a year where he was in charge of the commercial management related to the engineering and construction of an offshore gas processing facility.

He graduated in 1987 with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering and he was recently awarded the Post Graduate Diploma of Business Administration from Manchester Business School, UK.He started his career at Century Construction Pvt Ltd, India as a junior engineer where he gained valuable experience in fabrication and erection of structural steelwork and in hydro and coal-fired power plant construction. He joined the Group in 1993 as a site engineer and held various positions in our Group before being appointed to his current position. He has played a major role in the successful execution of several major landmark projects for our Group.

He is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He has completed the Harvard Business School Senior Management Development Program and has over 25 years of experience, mainly in general management, business development, corporate finance, accounts and audit.

He started his career in 1986 in the field of accounting, audit practice and offshore trust in various firms in London, UK. He most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of Faber Facilities Sdn Bhd (December 2007 to September 2011), which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Faber Group Berhad ("FGB"). Prior to that, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of FGB (2005-2007), while serving concurrently as the Head of Business Development of FGB (2004-2007), and assumed the role again as Director of Corporate Services (2009-2011). He also served as the Head of UEM Property and Environmental Division (2000-2003) while concurrently holding the position as the Chief Financial Officer of Faber Medi-Serve Sdn Bhd (1996-2004), before which he was Group Accountant with FGB (1995-1996).

He holds a Bachelor in Business Information Technology (Honours) Degree from Coventry University, UK. He first joined EV Dubai in 2004 and was subsequently posted to EV Qatar in 2006 as its General Manager. His responsibilities as General Manager of EV Qatar include the setting up of a fabrication facility and managing of several major projects. During his tenure, he was also instrumental in securing several large contracts for the Group. He subsequently returned to EV Dubai in 2008 as its Deputy Commercial Director and held the post until 2009. Thereafter, he was promoted as the Country Head/Executive Director of the Indian operations which represented 4 divisions i.e. Infrastructure, Engineering, Power and Fabrication. Currently, he is the Executive Director and Deputy Regional Head for our Middle East operations. He is the son of Tan Sri A K Nathan, the Executive Chairman and Group Managing Director and the nephew of Gopala Krishnan, the General Manager for EV Qatar.