KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 30): Senheng New Retail Bhd (KL:SENHENG)’s independent and non-executive director Aireen Omar has stepped down from her position after slightly more than a year in that position.

Aireen’s resignation is effective immediately “due to personal commitments", said the consumer electrical and electronics retailer in a bourse filing on Tuesday (Sept 30).

At the same time, she has also ceased to be a member of the nomination, remuneration and audit committees.

Aireen joined the group as an independent and non-executive director on June 21, 2024, the group’s 2024 annual report showed.

Aireen is currently the group CEO of BigPay and BigLife, both of which are subsidiaries of Capital A Bhd (KL:CAPITALA), formerly known as AirAsia Group Bhd.

Effective 2023, Aireen was responsible for Capital A’s investment and fundraising initiatives for its venture arm in her role as president of investment and ventures.

She is also a non-independent non-executive director of Tune Protect Group Bhd (KL:TUNEPRO) since 2019.

Prior to that, she was the CEO of AirAsia in 2012 and later became deputy group CEO, overseeing digital transformation initiatives that transformed AirAsia into a global cloud and data-driven platform company.

On Tuesday, Senheng’s share price was settled unchanged at 17 sen, giving the group a market capitalisation of RM255 million. Year-to-date, the stock has fallen 41%.