Anugerah Presiden 2014
Objective of the Award This Award, made in the name of ANUGERAH PRESIDEN, is bestowed on a recipient in contribution to society, the accountancy profession and the Institute which can be emulated by others. 1
2 Recipient of Anugerah Presiden 2014 Abdul Jabbar Bin Abdul Majid
Born in Geylang near the famous Kampong Geylang Serai, Singapore 3 Abdul Jabbar with his dad and siblings
Educated in Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore 4
After completing his Higher School Certificate, he joined Cooper Brothers & Co (now PwC) in 1964 as an Audit Trainee rather than pursuing a Science course at the University of Singapore He was the first HSC holder to join the Firm when the general intake was for School Certificate Grade 1 holders 5
Seconded to the Sydney office, Australia to pursue the ICAA examinations from 1966-1974 Returned to KL after qualifying & joined Bank Pertanian Malaysia (now Agrobank) on a work permit as Internal Audit Manager from 1975 1976 Became a Malaysian citizen under Article 19(2) in 1977 6
Joined Peat Marwick Desa Megat (now KPMG) in 1977 and admitted as a Partner in 1979 Elected Deputy Senior Partner in 1990 and in 1995 elected as Senior Partner in which capacity, he served until his retirement in 2000. Appointed as Adjunct Professor by International Islamic University of Malaysia in 1985 & lectured final year students in Auditing 7
In 2001, appointed by the Minister of Finance as Executive Chairman of The Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE) for 2 years. 8
Involved in the merger of the Kuala Lumpur Commodities Exchange (KLCE) and the Malaysian Monetary Exchange (MME) to form the Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia (COMMEX) Thereafter involved in the merger of COMMEX and KLOFFE resulting in the formation of the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange (MDEX), which then became a subsidiary of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). 9
He has served on the Boards of the following public listed companies, as well as as Chairman of the Audit Committee as well as a member of the Nomination & Remuneration Committees: Malakoff Bhd Proton Holdings Bhd Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd Tradewinds Corporation Bhd Golden Pharos Bhd 10
He is currently a Board member of: Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd where he is the Chairman of Board Audit and member of the Board Risk Management, Remuneration and Nomination Opcom Holdings Bhd where he is Chairman of the Nominating & Remuneration Committee 11
Admitted as a Member of MICPA in 1975 (Membership No. 802) Elected to MICPA Council in 1981 and served till 2010 Appointed to the Executive Committee from 1988-2010 Served as President of MICPA from 1996 1998 Chairman of the Education & Training Committee from 1987 1996 Chairman of the Examination Committee from 1999 until his retirement as Council Member 12
During his time on the Council, he has served as: Member of the Membership Affairs Committee, Code of Ethics Committee, Technical Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Bahasa Malaysia Committee, Conference Organising Committee, Financial Statements Review Committee, Government Affairs Committee, Admin & Financial Affairs Committee Member of the Disciplinary Committee from 1981 1993, 2003-2006, & continued on the Committee as Alternate Chairman from 2007 2009 13
Member of the Insolvency Practice Committee from 1994 1995, and 1999 2002 Member of the Investigation Committee in 1998 and then served as Alternate Chairman in 1999 Upon his retirement from Council, he still serves as a trustee of the MACPA Educational Trust Fund since 2011. 14
He is a Committee member of Persatuan Al-Hunafa, a non-profit organisation dedicated to Islamic education & welfare Involved in teaching and helping the underprivileged to be selfsupporting and independent 15
He is married to Sharifah Mahani Al-Habshi and they have 3 sons which includes a pair of twins The twins are also ICAA members while the youngest son pursued a course in logistics & transportation at RMIT 16
Blessed with 10 grandchildren 6 grandsons & 4 granddaughters 17
Recipient of Anugerah Presiden 2014 Abdul Jabbar Bin Abdul Majid