Tan Sri Dato’ Sulaiman, aged 76 a Malaysian, joined the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 24 February 2003 and was appointed chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee on 26 April 2008. He has been with HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad since 1989 and was an executive director and adviser from January 1994 to March 2004. He is now a non-executive and independent director of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad. A graduate of Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, England, Tan Sri Dato’ Sulaiman served both with the Royal Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Air Force and was the first Malaysian Air Force Chief. He was an advisor (now known as Assistant Governor) of Bank Negara Malaysia and was the Commercial Director of Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad. He was also the Deputy Chairman of Malaysian Airline System Berhad for 24 years. He also sits on the board of FACB Industries Incorporated Berhad and Nationwide Express Courier Services Berhad.