Polit Hamzah, aged 57, a Malaysian, was appointed as our Independent Non- Executive Director on 29 February 2008. He graduated with BSc (Hons) in Geology from University of Malaya in 1975. He worked for twenty (20) years (1975-1996) in the oil and gas exploration and production company (PETRONAS Carigali) in various technical and management positions with the last position being the General Manager in-charge of the Sabah Operations. From 1997-2001, he headed the Lands Custody and Development Authority, a body responsible for planning and development of lands for large scale commercial agriculture (oil palm, sago) plantations and property development throughout the State of Sarawak through partnerships with listed and private companies. In 2002-2003 took position as the General Manager of the Sarawak Economic Development Corporation. From 2003 till to date, he continues to get involved in the Boards of various government and private owned companies in Sarawak and at the federal level, he is a member of the Board of Lembaga Pergalakan Pelancongan Malaysia (Tourism Malaysia), a body corporate under the Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia.