Datuk Zakaria Sharif, Malaysian, fifty-
eight years of age, was appointed to the
Board on 15 April 2014. He is a member of
the Audit Committee.
He is currently the Deputy Chief Executive
of Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera
(LTAT).
Datuk Zakaria graduated from Monash
University, Australia with a Bachelors
degree in Economics majoring in
Accountancy. He is a Fellow of the
Australian Society of Certified Public
Accountant (FSCPA) since 2009, an
associate of the Malaysian Institute of
Certified Public Accountant (MICPA)
since 1989 as well as a member of the
Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
since 1984.
He started his career with Price
Waterhouse & Co in 1980 and joined
Arab Malaysian Finance Berhad in 1984
where he served in various positions until
1987. He subsequently joined LTAT in
1988 where he served as an Investment
Manager until 1991. He joined theBoustead
Holdings Berhad’s Group (BHB) in 1992
as the General Manager of Emastulin
Automobile Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of BHB
involved in the distribution of passenger
cars and light and heavy vehicles before
joining another subsidiary of BHB,
Datuk Zakaria
Sharif
Non-Independent
Non-Executive Director
Boustead Trading Sdn Bhd in 2000 as
General Manager. From 2000 to 2003,
he served as a General Manager at
Perbadanan Hal Ehwal Bekas Angkatan
Tentera, a wholly owned corporation of
LTAT involved in providing training of
retiring servicemen of the Malaysia Armed
Forces. He later joined Perbadanan
Perwira Harta Malaysia, another wholly
owned corporation of LTAT involved in
construction, property development
and property management, as General
Manager. He returned to LTAT in 2007
as General Manager Investment where
he was responsible for managing LTAT’s
investments. He was later promoted as
LTAT’s Deputy Chief Executive in 2011, a
position he holds to-date.
Currently Datuk Zakaria sits on the board
of various companies including Labuan
Reinsurance (L) Ltd, Chery Holdings
(Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Jendela Hikmat Sdn
Bhd, A.T.E.S Sdn Bhd, Beta Tegap Sdn
Bhd and LTP Wibawa Sdn Bhd.
Datuk Zakaria does not have any family
relationship with any Director and/or
major shareholderofBousteadPlantations
Berhad, nor any personal interest in any
business arrangement involving the
Company. He has no convictions for any
offences within the past ten years.
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