Change in Boardroom
REDTONE INTERNATIONAL BERHAD |
Date of change | 05/09/2011 |
Type of change | Appointment |
Designation | Executive Director |
Directorate | Executive |
Name | Dato' Ismail Bin Osman |
Age | 61 |
Nationality | Malaysian |
Qualifications | 1. Master of Science in Microwave Semiconductor Electronics from the University of Kent, United Kingdom. 2. Graduated from the Institut Teknologi Mara (now known as Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) with a Bachelor of Electronic Engineering in 1975. |
Working experience and occupation | Dato' Ismail Bin Osman began his career in the telecommunications industry when he joined the Jabatan Telekom Malaysia (then known as JT) in 1976 after graduating in 1975 from UiTM. He then moved to the newly established telecommunications regulatory department called Jabatan Telekomunikasi Malaysia (JTM) in January, 1987 when JT migrated from government department to a corporation (called then STMB, now TM) established under the Companies Act, 1965. He held the position of Director of Spectrum Management in JTM until 1994 when he was promoted to Deputy Director General. In January 1999, he was promoted to the Director General of Telecommunications. Due to changes of regulatory regime from the Telecommunications Act, 1950 to the Communication Multimedia Act, 1998, JTM ceased its functions and regulatory functions were handed over to the Communications and Multimedia Commission from April 1999. He retired as the last Director General of Telecommunications on 1 April 1999. Since his retirement from the government service, he has been actively involved directly in the private sector involving telecommunications industry in particular and others in general. He sat on various boards of public and private companies. Among others were DiGi.Com Berhad, Cosway Berhad, Berjaya Group Berhad, MOLACCESS Bhd and Asiaspace Sdn. Bhd. He is currently the Chairman of Malaysian Technical Standard Forum Bhd (MTSFB), a forum designated by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). He is also nominated by the Chairman of MCMC to lead the Entry Point Project (EPP) # 9 called Smart Network. |
Directorship of public companies (if any) | Malaysian Technical Standard Forum Bhd |
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer | Nil |
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer | Nil |
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries | Nil |
Announcement Info
Company Name | REDTONE INTERNATIONAL BERHAD (ACE Market) |
Stock Name | REDTONE |
Date Announced | 5 Sept 2011 |
Category | Change in Boardroom |
Reference No | CK-110824-50618 |