Bumi Armada Bhd has appointed former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Uthaya Kumar K. Vivekananda as its independent and non-executive director. The company said the appointment, effective April 10, 2017 also sees Uthaya Kumar appointed as a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee. He was with PwC for 35 years.