The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission's fourth and current Chairman,
Y Bhg.Datuk Dr. Halim Shafie, was appointed Chairman of the Malaysian Communications
and Multimedia Commission on 1 April 2006.
The powers and functions of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
are as provided under the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Malaysia Act, 1998.
The members of the Commission are :
Datuk Dr Halim Shafie was appointed as Chairman of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) on 1 April 2006.
Datuk Dr. Halim obtained a Bachelor of Economics (Hons.) from the University of Malaya (1972), Masters in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh, USA (1980) and a Doctorate in Information Transfer from Syracuse University, USA (1988). He also attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School, USA, in 2000.
Datuk Dr. Halim has held several positions in the Government sector, including serving as Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Education. He served as Program Coordinator for the National Computer Training Center at the National Institute Public Administration, and as Director of the Information Technology Division of the Malaysian Administration Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) in the Prime Minister’s Department.
Datuk Dr Halim went on to serve as the Director of the National Institute of Public Administration before being appointed Deputy Secretary-General to the Ministry of Energy, Communications and Multimedia, in 1999. He was subsequently appointed as Secretary General to the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications, from November 2000 till March 2006 immediately prior to his current position as Chairman of SKMM.
Dato’ Dr. Halim Bin Man is currently the Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications. His career in the Government spanned more than 30 years. He began his career as a civil servant with the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1977. He had served the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) in various capacity for about 16 years, during which he gained vast experience in training and human capital development. In 1999, he was given the trust by the Government to establish and lead INTAN North East (INTILA) Sarawak Campus in 1999. During the stint at INTAN, he had also been appointed as a Consultant to develop training programmes in Brunei Darussalam, Zimbabwe and Namibia. In 2002, he was conferred the Eisenhower Fellowships, USA. Due to his enormous experience and knowledge in the field of management and training, he was subsequently seconded as the Registrar of the University of Malaya in January 2003.
Dato’ Dr. Halim Man is an Exco Member of the Eisenhower Fellowship Association Malaysia and is active in the AOTS Alumni Society of Malaysia as well as the MU Alumni Association. He is also a board member of Bank Simpanan Nasional, Telekom Smart School, Multimedia Development Corporation, Multimedia University Malaysia and Water Asset Management Company Berhad.
Dato’ Dr. Halim Man was re-appointed as a Commission Member representing the Government for a second term effective from 1 September 2007.
Dato' Dr Gan Khuan Poh
Dato’ Dr Gan Khuan Poh is currently the President of the Malaysian Economic Association ("MEA"). He served more than 30 years in the public service at various positions ranging from the District level, the National Institute of Public Administration ("INTAN") to the Prime Minister's Department as Senior Director responsible for Macroeconomics in the Economic Planning Unit. He later joined the Pilecon Group of Companies in 1997 as Executive Director responsible for Group Finance and Corporate Planning and later as its Managing Director until the end of year 2000. He holds a Ph.D (Economics) and M.A. (Economics) from Duke University, NC, USA; M.B.A. (Finance) from Cornell University, NY, USA and B.A. (Hons.) (Business Economics) from University of Malaya.
He is also the Chairman of Silver Bird Group Berhad and sits on the Board of Time Engineering Bhd.
Dato’ Dr. Gan Khuan Poh joined SKMM on 1 April 2002 and is currently serving his fourth term as a Commission Member.
Tan Sri Datuk C. Rajandram
Tan Sri Datuk C. Rajandram is currently the Executive Deputy Chairman of Rating Agency Malaysia Holdings Berhad (RAM). Prior to assuming the lead position to start up Malaysia’s first credit rating agency, he had held various positions with Bank Negara Malaysia from 1962 until 1991.
He was seconded to the Ministry of Finance from June 1986 to April 1991 as the Director of a special unit for monitoring and restructuring Government owned companies. From August 1998 to July 2001, Tan Sri Datuk C. Rajandram was the Chairman of the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC) one of the three institutions set up by the Government following the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
He is a Fellow of the Certified Public Accountants, Australia (FCPA), Member of the Australian Society of Cost Accountants, Associate member of the Australian Institute of Bankers, Member of the Malaysia Certified Public Accountants (MACPA) and Fellow of Bankers Institution of Malaysia (FBIM).
Tan Sri Datuk C. Rajandram joined the Commission on 1 November 2003 and is currently serving his third term as a Commission Member.
Dato' Abdul Hanan bin Alang Endut
Dato' Abdul Hanan Alang Endut is currently the Secretary General of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia (MOSTI). As the Secretary General of MOSTI, he is very much involved in the administration of MOSTI and directly in charge of the development of science, technology and innovation in Malaysia.
He holds a Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Malaya and Master in Business Administrations from Syracuse University. He also attended the Advance Management Program in Harvard in the Spring of 2004 (AMP 166).
He has served the Government of Malaysia since 1974 and his first assignment was with the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia. Prior to taking up his position as Secretary General of MOSTI, he served in various Government agencies such as the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Primary Industries, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Ministry of Information, various state governments and the National Institute of Public Administration. Dato’ Abdul Hanan bin Alang Endut has vast experience in the administration of corporate bodies in his capacity as a member of the Board of Directors of several Government Link Corporations.
Dato’ Abdul Hanan Alang Endut became a Commission Member representing the Government on 1 November 2006.
Datuk Dr. Abdul Samad bin Haji Alias
Datuk Dr. Abdul Samad bin Haji Alias is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He has extensive experience in auditing and accounting.He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Ernst & Young Malaysia, Chairman of Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad and Chairman of Malaysia Debt Venture Berhad. He is a Board Member of Lembaga Tabung Haji, Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation, Perbadanan Kemajuan Iktisad Negeri Kelantan, Felda Holdings Berhad and TH Plantations Berhad. He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. In 2006, Datuk Dr. Abdul Samad received global recognition through the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants’ Award for Achievement in Asia.
Datuk Dr. Abdul Samad bin Haji Alias was appointed as a Commission Member on 1 October 2007.
Datuk Idris bin Abdullah
Datuk Idris Abdullah holds a First Class LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Malaya, and began his career in 1981 as a resident lawyer at Ting and Company Advocates in Sibu, Sarawak. Between 1982 and 1985, he served as an inhouse Legal Advisor to a group of companies with diverse interests in property development based in Sarawak, timber extraction and processing, leisure and hospitality business, and wholesale and general retail trading. Datuk Idris Abdullah was a Director of several Bumiputera companies based in Sibu, Sarawak with interests in motor vehicle import and sales, supply of wet and dry rations to Government residential schools and general trading. He was also a Director and the Chairman of Kuantan Flourmills Bhd, a company listed on the Second Board of Bursa Malaysia, from October 2002 until September 2005. Currently, Datuk Idris Abdullah is a Senior Partner of Idris and Company Advocates. He is also an advisor to several companies based in Sarawak, which are engaged in building and construction and motor trading, as well as recreational clubs, and educational institution sectors.
Datuk Idris Abdullah is a Member of the Companies Commission.
Datuk Idris Abdullah was appointed a Commission Member effective 26 May 2008.
Mr Mohamed Sharil b. Mohamed Tarmizi
Mr. Mohamed Sharil b. Mohamed Tarmizi was appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) on 16 June 2008.
Encik Mohamed Sharil brings with him a considerable number of years of experience in the legal field, communications and multimedia industry, as well as experience in the financial advisory and strategy consulting areas. Encik Mohamed Sharil was the Executive Director and Head of Strategy in BinaFikir Sdn Bhd, a financial advisory and strategy consulting firm, prior to being invited to join SKMM as the COO.
He first joined SKMM in May 2000 and left for BinaFikir after serving SKMM for a period of six years. His last position in SKMM was as a General Manager and Senior Advisor in the Office of the Chairman.
In recognition of his in-depth knowledge of the communications and multimedia sector both locally and globally, he was appointed as a Commission Member of SKMM from 1 May 2006 and he continues to serve as a Commission Member to date.
In the international arena, Encik Mohamed Sharil has worked closely with the main international organizations in the Internet field, such as the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), where he was the immediate past Chairman of the Government Advisory Committee (GAC) and a board member of ICANN for 4 years.
Encik Mohamed Sharil holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law from University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and qualified as a Barrister from Gray's
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