Dato’ Rohana Tan Sri Mahmood
Independent Non-Executive Director
Civil Engineering
Sime Darby BerhadÂ
Malaysia
Biography
Dato’ Rohana holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Hons) in Politics from the University of Essex, United Kingdom, and a Master in International Relations from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. Dato’ Rohana is the Chairman and Founder of RM Capital Partners & Associates Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian private equity fund. She is also a Board member of AMMB Holdings Berhad, AmInvestment Bank Berhad, Paramount Corporation Berhad, Sime Darby Property Berhad, Sime Darby Industrial Holdings Sdn Bhd, KDU University College Sdn Bhd and YIM Technology Resources Sdn Bhd. Dato’ Rohana is a Member of the APEC Business Advisory Council, Malaysian Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific and a Member of Global Council of the Asia Society, New York. She is also a Trustee of the Malaysian Youth Orchestra Foundation. Dato’ Rohana is the Chairman of the Advisory Council and Founding Member of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club, an exclusive networking and business development organisation limited to 100 members of Malaysia’s leading corporate and business leaders. She is also a Distinguished Fellow and Board member of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. Prior to ISIS, Dato’ Rohana was the former Assistant Secretary - Planning Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia. Dato’ Rohana was the Chairman and co-founder of Ethos Capital, a Malaysian private equity fund, since 2007. The fund was successfully ended in November 2012. She is also the former Chairman of Tropicana Corporation Berhad.
Research Interest
Business Management, Infrastructure and Architecture