Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Hj Megat Najmuddin Bin Hj Megat Khas, a Malaysian, aged 75. A lawyer by profession who obtained his Honours Degree in Law from Singapore University in 1970. He started his working life in 1970 with First National City Bank (now Citibank) for 2 years and went into law practice with a leading law firm in Kuala Lumpur for another two years, after which he started his own law firm which flourished. In 1986 he retired from law practice and went headlong into politics, ultimately becoming UMNO Chief of Petaling Jaya. He then served as State Assemblyman of Kelana Jaya in Selangor for two terms (1986-1995) and as municipal councillor for two decades.

Presently he is the Honorary Patron of Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance (MICG), of which he was its President from April 1998 till 2015.

Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Megat Najmuddin is active in Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). He was elected as Executive Committee Member of the Federation of Public Listed Companies Berhad (FPLC) in August 1994 and was elected as its President in October 1997. He is the Chairman of the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM).

He was a member of Bank Negara Malaysia’s Financial Directors’ Education Steering Committee (FIDE) and member of the Advisory Board of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). He also served as a Non-Executive Independent Director of PETRONAS from April 2010 until April 2017.

Currently, Tan Sri Megat is the Chairman of Asian Pac Holdings Berhad, SEG International Bhd. On July 1, 2020, he was appointed as Chairman of Sime Darby Plantation Berhad. Recently, he was appointed Advisor of Dialog Corporate Sdn Bhd and Non-Executive Chairman of MYSJ Sdn Bhd.

He is the current President of Persatuan Darul Ridzuan in Wilayah Persekutuan and Selangor (a welfare organization). He has been President of Kelab Golf Negara Subang for 6 years. He is the Advisor of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Charity Golf; and also a trustee of MyKasih (Charity) Foundation and the Vijayaratnam Foundation. Tan Sri Megat Najmuddin is a Council Member of Quest International University in Perak.