About Proton - Chairman

Chairman's Statement



PROTON Holdings Bhd is pleased to announce the appointment of Dato’ Nadzmi Mohd Salleh as the new Chairman for the company effective from 1 January 2009.
Dato’ Nadzmi will replace the outgoing chairman Dato’ Mohd Azlan Hashim who has been in PROTON since December 2004. Dato’ Azlan, 51 was appointed PROTON Director on 17 December 2004 and assumed the position of Chairman on 7 February 2005.
Dato’ Nadzmi, 54 is currently the executive chairman of Nadicorp Holdings Sdn Bhd.
Dato’ Nadzmi graduated with Master of Arts in Economics and Statistics from Miami University, Florida as well as Bachelor Degree in Arts in Economics and Bachelor Degree in Science in Chemistry and Mathematics from Ohio University.
He is no stranger to PROTON, having served as Managing Director of Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Sdn Bhd from 1993 to 1996 and was Deputy Managing Director of the company from 2 November 1992. He has also held various senior positions in Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd, including as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer.
Dato’ Nadzmi is a director of several companies including Ranhill Utilities Bhd, JT International Bhd, VS Industry Bhd, Kumpulan Kenderaan Malaysian Bhd, Syarikat Kenderaan Melayu Kelantan. He was also appointed as Director and Deputy Chairman of Proton Edar Sdn Bhd with effect from 22 September 2005.
Dato’ Nazdmi is currently the President of The Badminton Association of Malaysia.
At the PROTON Board of Directors meeting held earlier today, Dato’ Azlan noted that he is pleased with how PROTON has progressed in the last four years.
“Although there remains a lot to be done, PROTON today is undoubtedly on a better foundation to move forward and better compete with other automotive companies.”
Dato’ Azlan further added that this progress has been made possible as a result of the strong support of the Government, the shareholders, the wider automotive community (including component vendors and dealers), the Directors, Management and the entire staff of PROTON. He then went on to thank all those who have made this possible and urged them to extend the same level of cooperation to Dato’ Nadzmi.