UEM Sunrise Berhad announced the appointment of Dato' Sr. Azmar Bin Talib as Independent and Non Executive Director. Date of change is March 11, 2024. Age is 64.

Working experience and occupation: He has over 40 years of working experience covering real estate, construction as well as banking and project turnaround. A valuer by training, he was involved in the valuation profession for 7 years before joining the banking industry for 7 years undertaking projects and corporate turnaround as well as project financing. He then joined Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and in the 18 years with the PNB group, he helmed 7 companies as their Group CEO.

Among his major tasks were the acquisition of a few public listed companies, turnaround and restructuring. He also set up new companies and started 9 major townships, mostly in Klang Valley. He joined TRX City Sdn Bhd (TRX) since 2011 and is currently the Group Chief Executive Officer of TRX overseeing the development of Tun Razak Exchange as the International Financial Centre of Malaysia as well as Bandar Malaysia which is envisioned to be Malaysia's International Business Hub.

Under Bandar Malaysia, he has completed the development of the new facilities for the Air Force, Army and Police Air Wing costing close to RM3 billion in 8 different locations. He is also a director on the Board of TRX's wholly-owned subsidiary, Bandar Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a real estate company that develops multi-asset real estate property. He is a member of Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Negeri Melaka (MTENM), Tabung Haji Investment Panel and Majlis Agama Islam Melaka (MAIM).

He is a director on the Board of Lembaga Tabung Amanah Melaka (LTAM), director of Straits of Melaka Waterfront Economic Zone (SM-WEZ) and Industry Advisory Panel for Real Estate, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya. Qualifications: Degree in Estate Management from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) as Bachelor of Science (Honours); Professional Qualification in Member from Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia; Others in Financial Risk Management from Harvard Business School.