Tan Sri Dr Ismail Bakar, who was appointed as the Chairman of KULIM in May 2022, will lead the Johor Plantations board of directors. The 10-person board of directors comprises four non-independent directors and six independent directors.
The four non-independent directors are Tan Sri Dr Ismail Bakar, Mohd Faris Adli Shukery, Dato’ Sr. Hisham Jafrey and Shamsul Anuar Abdul Majid. The six independent directors are Abdullah Abu Samah, Fawzi Ahmad, Mohd Fazillah Kamaruddin, Ong Li Lee, Norita Ja’afar, and Vinie Chong Pui Ling. The board of directors brings together various backgrounds and experts in fields such as sustainability practitioner, regulatory and compliance, financial management, commercial, and strategic planning.
The reorganisation is a part of KULIM’s ongoing five-year business transformation to be a progressive, efficient, profitable, and respectable agribusiness company in the region. It also establishes KULIM as the agribusiness group of its parent company Johor Corporation (JCorp).
Under the restructuring, KULIM’s agrofood segment, which includes agro farming and livestock operations, is placed under Farmbyte Sdn Bhd (FarmByte) and managed by Chief Executive Officer Syed Aiman Syed Jaafar.
With the reorganisation, stakeholders and customers can expect the same high level of service from Johor Plantations and FarmByte that they have come to expect from KULIM.
