DATO’ ISMAIL BIN KARIM

Chairman / Independent Non-Executive Director

Age: 70 | Nationality: Malaysian | Gender: Male


Dato' Ismail Bin Karim, male, aged 70, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 15 July 2022. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (History) and Diploma in Education, both from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

He started his career as an Assistant Land Revenue Collector at the Johor Bahru Land Office in 1982 and was promoted to several positions in the land offices in Johor until 1992. He went on to take up senior positions in the Segamat District Office, Johor Bahru City Council, Johor State Economic Planning Unit, Johor Bahru District Office, Johor State Secretary Office and Johor State Islamic Religious Department before taking on the role of Yang DiPertua (Head) of Kulai Municipal Council in 2006. Dato' Ismail became the District Officer of Kota Tinggi in 2009 and was later promoted as Mayor of Johor Bahru in 2013 and Johor State Secretary in 2014-2016.

He served Johor Civil Service for over 35 years prior to his retirement as State Secretary of Johor. Currently, he serves as Members of Royal Committee Johor, and amongst other positions as Director of Dialog Group Berhad, Director of Paragon Globe Berhad, Director of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Trustees of Tunku Laksamana Johor Cancer Foundation, and Director of Johor Darul Ta'zim Foundation Sdn Bhd. He is also appointed as President of the Johor State Football Association and Treasurer of Football Association of Malaysia.

He attended five (5) of five (5) Board Meetings held in the financial year ended 30 June 2025.

TAN SRI DATO’ TAN SENG LEONG

Group Managing Director

LAW LEE YEN

Independent Non-Executive Director

TAN LAY HIANG

Executive Director

TAN LINDY

Executive Director

TAN VIN SERN

Executive Director

DATO’ SRI TAN VIN SHYAN

Executive Director

TAN KOK WEE

Independent Non-Executive Director