Sime Darby Property Berhad announced the Re-designation of Dato' Jaganath Derek Steven Sabapathy from Independent Director to Non-Independent Director. Date of change is 23 March 2023. Age is 65.

Qualifications are Master of Arts in Corporate Finance and International Trade. Working experience and occupation are Dato' Jaganath Derek Steven Sabapathy ("Dato' Jagan") is Senior Independent Non-Executive Director. He holds a Master of Arts majoring in Corporate Finance and International Trade from Edinburgh University, United Kingdom in 1981.

Upon graduation, he joined a leading London firm of chartered accountants, Price Waterhouse. In 1984, Dato' Jagan returned to Malaysia and joined KPMG Peat Marwick as a Manager. He was appointed as a Partner of KPMG Malaysia in 1990.

Whilst at KPMG Malaysia, he was involved in a wide range of assignments covering audit, investigations, management consultancy and corporate finance, in Malaysia, the ASEAN countries, North America and Europe. He sat on a variety of KPMG International Committees including committees for Mergers and Acquisitions, Privatisation and Management Consultancy. He was also an examiner for the professional examinations of the Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA).

Dato' Jagan left KPMG Malaysia in late 1994 to join Benta Plantation Berhad as an Executive Director. In 1995, he left Benta Plantation Berhad and was appointed as Director of Austral Lao Power Co. Ltd. He joined Prime Utilities Berhad and Indah Water Konsortium Sdn.

Bhd., Malaysia's privatised national wastewater utility, in 1997 as Managing Director of both the companies, a position he held up to late 1999. From 1999 until his retirement in end 2013, Dato' Jagan served as the Chief Executive Officer/Director of Bandar Raya Developments Berhad Group and Director of Mieco Chipboard Berhad. Dato' Jagan is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer/Director of Tribeca Real Estate Asset Management Sdn Bhd, a niche property development company.

He is also the Deputy Chairman of Microlink Solutions Berhad and a Director of Principal Asset Management Berhad as well as Ho Hup Ventures (KK) Sdn Bhd and Golden Wave Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary and associate of Ho Hup Construction Company Berhad.