Dato' Dr. Mohamed Ariffin bin Haji Aton

Dato' Dr. Mohamed Ariffin bin Haji Aton, born in 1945, was appointed to the Board in July 1999. He was President and Chief Executive of SIRIM Berhad (Malaysia’s Standards and Industrial Research Institute) up to August 2007, as well as a senior board member of a number of Government related professional and corporate bodies in Malaysia. He also chairs the Board of Perisai Petroleum Teknologi Berhad and Core Competencies Sdn Berhad. He also sits on the Board of ConnectCounty Holdings Berhad, MEMS Technology Berhad and a number of Malaysian private limited companies.

Dato' Dr. Ariffin holds a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Leeds and he is a fellow of a number of professional bodies in Malaysia.