Oriental Interest Berhad announced appointment of Ytm Che Puan Muda Zaheeda Binti Mohamad Ariff as independent and non-executive chairman. Date of change is 18 March 2024. Age: 53.

Qualifications: Masters, Masters in Commercial Law, University of Bristol; Degree, Bachelor of Law, University of Wales; Others, Certificate in Legal Practice, Legal Qualifying Board of Malaysia. Working experience and occupation: Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Raja Puan Muda Kedah Che Puan Muda Zaheeda Binti Mohamad Ariff did her LLB (Hons) at the University of Wales, College of Cardiff, United Kingdom ("UK") and her LLM (Commercial Law) at the University of Bristol, UK. Upon returning from the UK, DYTM Tuanku Che Puan Muda Zaheeda worked at the Arab-Malaysian Bank Berhad (now known as AmBank Berhad) whilst pursuing her Certificate in Legal Practice.

Thereafter, she chambered at Messrs. Azman Davidson & Co. and continued to practice there for a few years before returning to the UK to work at Construction Contracts Consultants as a Non-Practising Barrister.

Thereafter, she returned to Malaysia and started her journey in the tele-communication sector for close to a decade; Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, then Motorola Electronics Sdn. Bhd. and DIGI Telecommunications Sdn.

Bhd. Her career then moved on to water and waste sector where she stayed for almost 17 years. She led the Legal Department at Indah Water Konsortium Sdn.

Bhd. before moving on to Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn. Bhd.

where she was the Head of Legal & Company Secretarial Department. DYTM Tuanku Che Puan Muda Zaheeda was also the Acting Head of Legal & Corporate Secretarial Department at Air Selangor Holdings Berhad group of companies until her retirement recently. DYTM Tuanku Che Puan Muda Zaheeda is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).