Mohamad Hashim Bin Abdul Ghani, a Malaysian male aged 70, is the Independent Non-Executive Chairman.  He was appointed to the Board on 12 September 2022.

Mohamad Hashim Bin Abdul Ghani graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from the National University of Malaysia in 1978 and in 1979, he further graduated with an Honours degree specialising in Business Management from the same university.

Mohamad Hashim Bin Abdul Ghani has more than 35 years’ experience in various divisions of Malaysian Investment Development Authority (“MIDA”). Upon his graduation, he commenced his career in MIDA in 1979 as an Economics Affairs Officer until 1989. During his tenure, he served in various divisions in MIDA, where he was responsible for identifying, promoting and attracting investments, assisting companies to implement projects as well as evaluating applications for manufacturing licenses, tax incentives, tax exemptions, and held expatriate positions amongst others. Subsequently, he served as a Director of MIDA Sabah (from 1989 to 1995), Assistant Director for Mineral and Paper Industry Division (from 1995 –1996), Director of MIDA Pulau Pinang (from 1996 to 2003), Director of MIDA Stockholm, Sweden (from 2003 to 2006), Manager of Secretariat Division (from 2006 to 2007), Director of Agro Based Industries Division (from 2007 to 2008), Director of Cross Border Investment Promotion Division (from 2008 to 2010) as well as Director of MIDA Tokyo (from 2010 to 2015). In August 2015, he was appointed as the Director of Foreign Investment Coordination Division, a position he continued to hold until his retirement in 2015.

He came out of retirement in 2023 when he was appointed as the Chief Executive of Perak Investment Management Centre (also known as InvestPerak Malaysia), where he is primarily responsible for overseeing the administration and operation of InvestPerak Malaysia..

He attended all the 6 board meetings during the financial year under review.

He is also the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Pentech Holdings Berhad.