Abdul Rahim Abdul Hamid is President of MIA

The Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) is pleased to announce that Abdul Rahim Abdul Hamid has been elected as the sixth President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) effective 24 July 2009. He takes over the helm from Nik Mohd Hasyudeen Yusoff who retired following the completion of his term on 15 July 2009.

The new Vice President of MIA is Christina Constance Foo who was also elected on 24 July 2009.

Both Abdul Rahim and Foo have been actively involved in leadership positions within the profession.

Abdul Rahim is no stranger to the organisation as he was MIA’s president for two years from 2005 to 2007. Initially elected into Council in 2000, he also served as the Vice President of MIA from 2004 to 2005. He has more than three decades of service in public practice and was the Deputy Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers until he retired on 30 June 2004.

Foo, who initially served on the MIA Council from 2007 to 2008, and then returned on 15 July 2009 is currently a member of the Board of Directors of CPA Australia Ltd and also the Immediate Past President of its Malaysia Division.

Abdul Rahim and Foo will lead MIA, which is the national regulatory body for accountants in Malaysia to further develop the accountancy profession to achieve greater growth for the nation and give Malaysia a voice at the global level in the accounting fraternity.

Their leadership also comes about at the time as Malaysia will be thrust in the global limelight as MIA will be hosting the 18th World Congress of Accountants to be held in Kuala Lumpur from 8-11 November 2010. The highly respected global forum which is targeted to attract over 6000 professionals and business leaders aims to share in the latest information, innovative ideas and to exchange views on a platform of international and regional interest.

MIA would also like to record its appreciation to Nik who served as the MIA President from 26 July 2007 to 15 July 2009. His leadership and contributions have enabled both the profession as well as MIA to achieve significant milestones.

With the new developments the Malaysian Institute of Accountants Council Line-up for 2009/2011 is as follows:

President
Abdul Rahim Abdul Hamid

Vice President
Christina Constance Foo

Accountant General
Datuk Mohd Salleh Mahmud

Deputy Accountant General, Corporate
Hajjah Jamela Mohd Syed

Council members
Abd Halim Husin
Abraham Verghese
Alex Ooi Thiam Poh
Billy Kang Wei Geih
Chandra Mohan Balasubramaniam
Chen Voon Hann
Datin Dr Hasnah Haji Haron
Dato’ Ahmad Johan Mohammad Raslan
Dato’ Gan Ah Tee
Dato’ Mohd Nasir Ahmad
Dato’ Nordin Baharuddin
Datuk Nur Jazlan Tan Sri Mohamed
Dr Norman Mohd Salleh
Hajjah Jamela Mohd Syed (Represented by Mr Er Beng Kiong)
Lam Kee Soon
Lee Yee Chong
Liew Kim Yuen
Mohamed Raslan Abdul Rahman
Mohammad Faiz Mohd Azmi
Pn Hajjah Dr. Kalsom Salleh
Prof Madya Dr Ku Norizah Ku Ismail
Prof Madya Dr Zulkarnain Muhamad Sori
Sam Soh Siong Hoon
Seow Yoo Lin
Stephen Oong Kee Leong
Thillaisundaram Arumugam
Uthaya Kumar Vivekananda
Yeo Tek Ling

Registrar/ CEO
Rosli Abdullah

Executive Director
Ho Foong Moi