<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 25): Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has appointed Selvendran Katheerayson as a non-independent and non-executive director of the group, effective Sept 1.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Selvendran, 52, will replace Datuk Amran Hafiz Affifudin, 49, who will be stepping down to pursue other interests, according to the utility giant’s filing with Bursa Malaysia on Friday (Aug 25).</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Selvendran currently is&nbsp;the executive director and head for Khazanah’s real assets and property. He joined the country’s strategic investment arm in January 2006.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“Prior to joining Khazanah, he has worked at Motorola Inc and Maxis Communications Bhd. He started his career at Ernst &amp; Young in June 1994,” TNB said.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Selvendran is also the non-independent and non-executive director of telecommunications company Time dotCom Bhd.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Meanwhile, following Amran’s resignation, TNB also announced the resignation of Elaine Ong Yee Lynn, 39, as an alternate director to Amran, effective Sept 1.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Amran was appointed to TNB’s board in June 2017. He is currently the executive director and head for Khazanah’s Malaysian investments.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Shares in TNB closed three sen or 0.30% lower at RM9.97 on Friday, giving the group a market capitalisation of RM57.70 billion.</p></div>


KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 25): Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has appointed Selvendran Katheerayson as a non-independent and non-executive director of the group, effective Sept 1.

TNB appoints Khazanah’s Selvendran as non-independent director

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<p>KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): The Unity Government coalition respects and accepts the defeat of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate in the Sungai Bakap state by-election on Saturday (July 6), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.</p>


<p>KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): In our cover story this week, we look at the SS16 neighbourhood in Subang Jaya. Zoned as a commercial area, it houses commercial and office developments such as Subang Parade mall, Nu Empire Shopping Gallery, Menara Mesiniaga, AEON BiG Subang Jaya, Wisma Consplant 1 and Wisma Consplant 2. Over the years, its landscape has changed as more serviced apartments come up in the area.&nbsp;</p>


<p>KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): The fashion world is certainly not short on icons, but few dominate as discreetly yet powerfully as Giorgio Armani does. From a simple childhood in the small town of Piacenza, on the banks of the River Po, he went on to grow his eponymous label into a veritable billion-dollar empire that encompasses not just fashion but also hotels, furniture, fragrances — the accidental evangelist of an effortlessly elegant way of life that celebrates dressing with style and a sense of practicality.&nbsp;</p>


<p>GUA MUSANG (July 6): Residents in the Nenggiri state constituency need to trust Barisan Nasional (BN) and give it the opportunity to serve the area, Gua Musang Umno division deputy chief Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim said.</p>


<p>DUBAI/CAIRO (July 6): Hamas has accepted a US&nbsp;proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men, 16 days after the first phase of an agreement aimed at ending the Gaza war, a senior Hamas source told <em>Reuters </em>on Saturday.</p>


<p>KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): Plantation and Commodities Deputy Minister Datuk Chan Foong Hin is set to lead the Malaysian delegation to China for a working visit and agri-commodity promotions from July 8 to July 12 this year.&nbsp;</p>


<p>PARIS (July 7): France holds a parliamentary run-off election on Sunday that will reconfigure the political landscape, with opinion polls forecasting the far-right National Rally (RN) will win the most votes but likely fall short of a majority.</p>


<p>PUTRAJAYA (July 7): His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim King of Malaysia&nbsp;has reminded the public not to turn social media platforms into venues for arguments or shaming others, as these actions only contribute to division and conflict.</p>


<p>MELBOURNE (July 7): A fire broke out late on Saturday after an accident at a gas pipeline near the village of Vinogradnoye in Moscow-annexed Crimea, spreading to nearby forest and cutting gas to the resort town of Alushta and more than a dozen settlements, Russian officials said.</p>
