CA Raj Kumar Shah
Having articled under Mr. G. P Kapadia (founder member and 1st President of ICAI), Mr. Shah obtained the CA Diploma in 1975. After a 3-year stint with the Aditya Birla Group in India, he was deputed as Finance Manager to their new Palm Oil processing unit in Malaysia, rising to become President, Pan Century Oleochemicals, before leaving the group in 1989.
Since then, has been the CEO of Josovina Group, Malaysia/Singapore, principally a trader of palm oil. Josovina also has JV investments in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Ghana in related fields. Wilmar International Limited, Singapore, is currently a 50% shareholder in the Josovina Group. WIL, the largest Asian Agri-group, has JVs in India (Adani-Wilmar) in their global portfolio.
Mr. Shah is also currently the 2nd Vice Chairman of The Palm Oil Refiners’ Association of Malaysia (PORAM), having served PORAM in various capacities in the past, including Hon. Treasurer and Chairman of the Contracts/Arbitration Committee. He has presented papers at various international seminars and conducted educational workshops in Malaysia/India. He has been living in Malaysia since 1977 with his wife Amita Shah. Their 2 daughters are settled in Singapore.
CA Renzo Viegas
Mr. Viegas, a Malaysian Permanent Resident of Indian nationality, holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Bombay and is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
He has extensive experience in the banking industry and started his working career with Citibank in 1985 where he progressively held senior positions in various Asia Pacific countries including regional responsibilities. In 2008, Mr. Viegas joined RHB bank where he rose to the position of Deputy CEO before joining CIMB Group in April 2012 as Group' Deputy CEO and CEO of the Consumer bank for the region. He was subsequently designated as advisor to the group CEO till 2019.
Viegas has held directorships in CIMB Bank Berhad, CIMB bank PLC(Cambodia), CIMB Bank Vietnam, Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Berhad and Sun Life Malaysia Takaful Berhad. He now sits as a director in Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad, Manulife Holdings and Manulife Insurance Berhad, Ujjivan Financial Financial Services Ltd ( India). He also is a senior advisor to Creador, Jirnexu and Rentalworks and mentor to many CEO’s
CA Prabhat Kumar
Mr. Prabhat Kumar is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India currently holds Directorship of Alliance IFA (M) Sdn. Bhd., to which he was appointed effective August 2006.
Under his strong leadership and guidance, the firm has successfully investigated several civil and criminal fraud assignments in and around Asia. He has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India since 1987 and is currently also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He began his career in 1988 as the Finance Manager at Hitkari Potteries Pvt. Ltd, following which he joined the Birla Group as General Manager at Pan Century Sdn. Bhd. in 1995.
He gained his Diploma in Investigative and Forensic Accounting from the University of Toronto in 2004 and subsequently gained membership of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, USA.
He has co-authored and been the contributing author on a number of books and publications and also been an invited guest on a morning TV talk show. He has presented papers at several international conferences, conducted workshops for the Academy of Auditor General of Malaysia and Royal Customs Malaysia. He is also the founding Chairman of Malaysian Chapter of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
CA Rajan Mittal
Mr. Rajan Mittal, who is 52 years old and of Indian nationality, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Metrod on 30 September 2010.
He joined Metrod in 1995 and has since held several responsibilities in Operations, Marketing, Human Resources, Information Technology and Supply chain management, cross border Mergers & Acquisitions besides Finance including treasury, foreign exchange, hedging prior to his appointment as President & CEO with effect from 1 July 2013.
He is an Alumnus of the Wharton Business School. He has been a member of theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India since 1987 and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He started his career in 1984 with S R Batliboi and Co. (now Ernst Young) in India. He joined VXL India Ltd in 1990 and then moved to HDC Ltd. in 1993.
He has 31 years of post-qualification work experience in large international organisations. He has been a member of the Executive Committee (EXCO) and General Committee (GENCO) of Malaysia International Chamber of Commerce (MICCI) and also headed Joint-Action Security & Crime Council (JASCO) as Convenor. He currently holds several directorships in a number of private limited companies.
