News about Shahril

KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): Khazanah Nasional Bhd is on the lookout for potential new strategic investments in Malaysia, in line with the call from the government to seek more contributions from government-linked companies (GLCs) and government-linked investment companies (GLICs) to grow the economy, particularly in the current climate.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 14): Khazanah Nasional Bhd and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) have never put highway concessionaire PLUS Malaysia Bhd up for sale and should the government decide to let go of PLUS, the next step is to conduct a formal engagement with the current shareholders.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): As PLUS Malaysia Bhd is a strategic asset of Khazanah Nasional Bhd, its managing director Datuk Shahril Riza Ridzuan said it would be difficult to imagine the highway owner and operator in the hands of a private entity.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): Abdul Yazid Kassim, a former project director of Malakoff Corp Bhd, will take over as the new chief executive officer of Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) on Feb 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Sri Shahril Mokhtar will be stepping down from his post at the end of the year to pursue other career options.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): As he clocked in as Khazanah Nasional Bhd’s new managing director yesterday, Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan (pictured) resigned from the board of directors of three companies, namely Media Prima Bhd, Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) and Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) as their non-independent, non-executive director.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): With the new leadership at Khazanah Nasional Bhd taking shape, investors and market watchers await clarity on the sovereign wealth fund’s future direction.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3): Khazanah Nasional Bhd has appointed Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan, currently the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), as managing director (MD) of the sovereign wealth fund effective Aug 20.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) chief executive office (CEO) Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan (pictured) is tipped to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Khazanah Nasional Bhd managing director (MD) Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, sources say.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) is looking at various ways to reduce the cost of the second line (Line 2), which currently stands at around RM32 billion, said its chief executive officer Datuk Seri Shahril Mokhtar.