YBHG. DATO' AHMAD PARDAS BIN SENIN, aged 54, is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director and the Deputy Chairman of UEM Builders Berhad. He was appointed to the Board of UEM Builders Berhad on 1 July 2004 and is the Chairman of the Board’s Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

He is currently the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of UEM World Berhad, the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of UEM Group Berhad (formerly known as United Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad) and Deputy Chairman of PLUS Expressways Berhad and Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Berhad. He currently holds directorships in Pharmaniaga Berhad, Opus International Group Plc, UEM Land Sdn Bhd and UEM Environment Sdn Bhd and is also the Chairman of Expressway Lingkaran Tengah Sdn Bhd (ELITE) and Linkedua (Malaysia) Berhad.

Dato’ Ahmad Pardas is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA), a Chartered Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and a Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc. He is a member of the Financial Reporting Foundation (FRF). He has been with the UEM Group for more than sixteen years, having started his career as General Manager, Finance in Renong Berhad in 1992. During the period from April 2003 to June 2004, he was seconded to SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, as the Executive Director. He remains a Non-Executive Director of SilTerra.

Dato’ Ahmad Pardas has served in various other positions in the UEM Group. These include as the Managing Director of TIME Engineering Berhad and as Executive Director & CEO of TIME dotCom Berhad during 2002-2003. Prior to that he was the Group Managing Director of Renong Berhad from June 1999 to August 2002, and Managing Director of Time Telekom Sdn Bhd in 1999. During the period 1995-1998 he was Chief Operating Officer and subsequently Managing Director of EPE Power Corporation Berhad (now renamed Ranhill Power Berhad).

He has also served on the boards of Faber Group Berhad, The Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) and Costain Group Plc. Prior to joining the UEM Group, Dato’ Ahmad Pardas had more than 17 years service with the British-American Tobacco Group, including a 3-year stint at their holding company in London.