Directorate and Appointment Dates

• First appointment as NINED on 16 April 2021
• Last re-election on 26 June 2024

‍Qualifications

• ‍Bachelor of of Arts (magna cum laude) in East Asian Languages and Civilisations (Japanese) from the Harvard College, USA
• Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, USA
• Educated in Economics at the Keio University, Japan

Kenneth has more than 30 years’ investment experience (public, private, private investments in public equity (PIPEs), debt, equity, mezzanine and funds) as well as extensive knowledge in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and capital markets.

He served as the Executive Director, Investments at Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah) and had principal responsibility for Khazanah’s investments in the creative, media and telecommunications industries, as well as other sectors and geographies. Prior to joining Khazanah, he was a board member and Adviser to the Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Holding LLC, the principal investment vehicle of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). He also had principal responsibility for QIA’s strategic and private equity investments. Prior to joining QIA, he was with the Salomon Brothers and its successor companies based in New York, and then in Hong Kong, and most recently as the Co-Head of the Asia Pacific Corporate Finance Group at Citigroup Global Markets. Prior to Salomon, he was with the Lehman Brothers based in New York in its merchant banking and principal investment businesses.

Kenneth is the Chairman of both Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd and EDOTCO Group Sdn Bhd. He was on the boards of Axiata Group Berhad, PT XL Axiata Tbk, Yayasan Amir, Iskandar Malaysia Studios Sdn Bhd and various other businesses.