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PROFILE OF DIRECTORS (cont'd)
Dato' Dr Zainuddin Bin Md. Wazir, aged 49, a Malaysian citizen, was appointed to
the Board of the Company on 22 February 2006.
He obtained his Master of Surgery from University Kebangsaan Malaysia. Thereafter,
he worked as the Cardiothoracic Registrar at the Department of Surgery, General
Hospital in Kuala Lumpur. While in Melbourne, Australia to further his specialist
training, he was made Cardiothoracic Registrar at the Monash Medical Center,
Australia and in 1994, he was the Cardiothoracic Registrar at the Alfred Hospital,
Australia. He became the Head of Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Penang
General Hospital in 1995 and later became a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
at Island Hospital, Penang.
He is now the Executive Chairman of The Synergy Group. His brainchild, Synergy
DATO' DR ZAINUDDIN
Healthcare Sdn Bhd is involved in medical tourism that provides a full range of
BIN MD. WAZIR
medical services to Medan, Indonesia via Island Hospital. Another related company,
Independent Non-Executive Director
Synergy Farm (M) Sdn Bhd has successfully cultivates and produces Cavendish
Banana for local and overseas market. He has also established Benih Tulin Sdn Bhd
which is responsible for setting up the WorldLab Tissue Culture Centre, a Research
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& Development centre for mass production of tissue culture.
He also manages the Allianze College Of Medical Sciences (ACMS) which offers an
integrated twinning programme for a Degree In Medicine (MD) with Indonesia's
Universitas Sumatera Utara and Universitas Of Andalas. The college also offers
Pre-Medical, Diploma programmes in Allied Health Sciences, Pharmacy and Health
Science Degree in collaboration with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia ,Universiti
Teknologi Mara, National University Of Ireland, Galway and University College
Cork.
He is an active committee member of the Penang Malay Chamber Of Commerce.
He is also Chief Information Bureau of UMNO Tanjung Division, Penang and the
Treasurer of Malaysian Islamic Chambers Of Commerce.
He does not have any family relationship with any directors and/or major
shareholder of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He
has not been convicted of any offences in the past ten (10) years.