M K Land Holdings Berhad announced the appointment of Puan Latifah Binti Abdul Latiff, age 61, as Independent and Non Executive Director, effective from 15 December 2022. Puan Latifah has over 30 years experience in the areas of commercial & investment banking, development finance and insurance. Throughout much of her banking career, she was involved in lending activities with key focus on corporate loans, serviced many Malaysian corporations both large and medium sized as well as dealt with their CEOs and C-suite executives.

In 2009, Puan Latifah was hired to be part of the pioneer team to set up Danajamin Nasional Berhad, Malaysias first financial guarantee insurer, where she spearheaded the only business division of the company. As a member of the senior management team, she served on various management committees responsible for reviewing and deliberating business proposals, risk management initiatives and processes, audit and compliance as well as overall management of the organization. She was attached with Danajamin Nasional Berhad for five (5) years.

Her last employment was Senior Vice President 1 /Head, Business Banking II of Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad, a key government-owned development financial institution, where she served a period of two years from 2 February 2016 until 1 February 2018. Directorships in public companies and listed issuers (if any): South Malaysia Industries Berhad and myNEWS Holdings Berhad. Qualifications: Bachelor of Science Degree (majoring in Finance) from Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

Diploma Diploma in Accountancy from UiTM.