Friday, May 14, 2010

SIME President and CEO Zubir removed

The high-profile removal is linked to Qatar and Bakun projects' cost overruns

In what is seen as the first high-profile removal of the head of a government-linked company, Sime Darby Bhd's board of directors has asked its president and group chief executive Datuk Ahmad Zubir Murshid to take a leave of absence prior to the expiry of his contract on Nov 26, 2010.

Sime Darby chairman Tun Musa Hitam said at a press conference yesterday afternoon that Zubir's leaving was in connection with the cost overruns that the group's energy and utilities division had suffered in carrying out projects in Qatar and the Bakun hydro-electric dam.

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