UMW’s Badrul Feisal passes away

PETALING JAYA: UMW Holdings Bhd president & group CEO Badrul Feisal Abdul Rahim has passed away yesterday.

Badrul Feisal, 50, had served as the president & group CEO of UMW group since his appointment on

Oct 1, 2015. He joined UMW group as senior general manager at the president & group CEO’s office in December 2010 and was appointed as the acting executive director for the UMW oil & gas division from April 2011 to December 2011. He was also the executive director of group corporate development division before being appointed group COO of UMW in January 2013.

Prior to UMW, he had been involved in the senior management and directorship of Khazanah Nasional Bhd, Proton, Lotus and the DRB-Hicom group of companies. He acquired vast corporate and operational experience through manning responsibility over Khazanah’s key subsidiaries, among others, Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Malaysian Technology Development Corp, Commerce Asset-Holdings Bhd (now known as CIMB Group) and UEM Group.

“Badrul Feisal was instrumental in the success of key value creation projects at various business divisions, particularly making UMW as the first Malaysian company to be a tier-1 aerospace engine component manufacturer to Rolls-Royce plc,” UMW said in a statement today.

The board, management and staff of UMW express their deepest condolences to the family of the late Badrul Feisal.

source https://www.thesundaily.my/business/umw-s-badrul-feisal-passes-away-GC2488899