MyETF MSCI Malaysia Islamic Dividend announced the appointment of Datuk Dr Syed Muhammad Syed Abdul Kadir as Independent and Non Executive. Datuk Dr. Syed Muhamad started his career in 1973 as Senior Project Officer, School of Financial Management at the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) and in November 1988, he joined the Ministry of Education as Secretary of Higher Education and then assumed the position of Deputy Secretary (Foreign and Domestic Borrowing, Debt Management) Federal Treasury. From 1993, he joined the Board of Directors of Asian Development Bank, first as Alternate Executive Director and later as Executive Director prior to joining the Ministry of Finance as Secretary, Tax Analysis Division and later became Deputy Secretary General. Prior to his retirement, YBhg. Datuk Dr. Syed was Secretary General in the Ministry of Human Resource. Currently, Datuk Dr. Syed also a Director of Valuecap Sdn. Bhd., the holding company of i-VCAP Management Sdn. Bhd. During his career, he wrote and presented many papers relating to human resources development. His special achievement was that his dissertation A Study on Board of Directors and Organizational Effectiveness was published by Garland Publisher, Inc, of New York in 1991. Datuk Dr. Syed Muhamad is a Director of Euro Holdings Berhad, BSL Corporation Berhad, Malakoff Corporation Berhad and Asia Capital Reinsurance Malaysia Sdn Bhd. He is also Chairman of Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Berhad. In addition, he holds a directorship in number of private companies. Date of change is January 1, 2019.