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Datuk Dr. Mohd. Yaakub Bin Hj. Johari, J.P.
Non-Independent & Non-Executive

Datuk Dr. Mohd. Yaakub Bin Hj. Johari, 53, joined the Board of SURIA on 24 August 1996 as a Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director. He is a member of the Nomination / Appointment Committee of the Board.

He also sits on the Boards of Warisan Harta Sabah Sdn. Bhd., Creative Business Services Sdn. Bhd., IDS Infotech Sdn. Bhd., Borneo Natural Products Sdn. Bhd., Konsortium Pasifik Sama Sdn. Bhd., Faradale Development (Sabah) Sdn. Bhd., Sabah Techno-Park Corporation Sdn. Bhd., Borneo Essential Oils Sdn. Bhd. and Global Knowledge Solutions Sdn. Bhd. He is the Chairman/Acting Managing Director of the Sabah Institute for Small and Medium Enterprise.

Datuk Dr. Mohd. Yaakub, a Malaysian, is the Executive Director/Chief Executive of Institute for Development Studies, Sabah (IDS). He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the University of Sussex and a Master of Science (Liberal Studies) from the University of Manchester, England.

In 1982, he obtained his PhD in Sociology from the University of Salford, England. He began his career as a part-time Lecturer in Political Science at the MARA Institute of Technology and in 1983, he joined the Sabah State Civil Service as an Assistant Director (Research and Consultant) in the Sabah Chief Minister's Department. He was made the Principal Assistant Director (Management Development)

In 1984. He joined the Institute for Development Studies, Sabah (IDS) as an Associate Director (Social Affairs) in 1985 and later moved up to Deputy Chief Executive/Senior Research Fellow in 1991. In 1994, he was promoted again to his current position as the Executive Director/Chief Executive of the Institute.

Datuk Dr. Mohd. Yaakub has no securities holding in SURIA and its subsidiaries and no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder nor any conflict of interest with SURIA.