Datuk Bazlan bin Osman
Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director
Nationality/Age: Malaysian/61
Gender: Male
Date of Appointment: 5 April 2019
Length of Tenure as Director (as at 31 July 2025): 6 years 3 months
Date of Last Re-election: 28 August 2025
- Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Accounting, Financial Literacy
- Corporate Governance, Risk Management & Internal Controls
- Corporate Finance & Investment Banking
- Plantation
- Health & Safety
- Government Relationship
- Project Marketing
- Sales & Marketing
- ESG
- Procurement Management
- Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom
- Chartered Accountant, Malaysian Institute of Accountants
- Diploma in Accounting, Polytechnic of North London, United Kingdom
- Independent Non-Executive Director, Bursa Malaysia Berhad
- Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad
- Independent Non-Executive Director, Telekom Malaysia Berhad
- Independent Non-Executive Director, Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga Berhad (2020-2024)
- Director, Malaysia Professional Accountancy Centre (2020-2024)
- Independent Non-Executive Director, Glomac Berhad (2020-2023)
- Non-Executive Chairman/Director, GITN Sdn. Bhd. (2017-2022)
- Independent Non-Executive Director, Citibank Berhad (non-listed) (2019-2022)
- Director, Universiti Utara Malaysia (2020)
- Director, VADS Berhad (2012-2019)
- Director, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (2018)
- Non-Executive Director, Labuan Reinsurance (L) Ltd (2007-2012)
- Commissioner, PT XL Axiata Tbk (2005-2008)
- Independent Non-Executive Director, Nationwide Express Holdings Berhad (1994-2005)
- President, Malaysian Institute of Accountants (2022-2023)
- Chair, ACCA Malaysia Advisory Committee (2021-2023)
- Ex-Officio, Financial Reporting Foundation (2022-2023)
- Vice President (2021-2022) and Council Member (2019-2021), Malaysian Institute of Accountants
- Deputy Chair (2020-2021) and Committee Member (2019-2020), ACCA Malaysia Advisory Committee
- Group Chief Financial Officer (2005-2017), Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer (2017-2018), Acting Group Chief Executive Officer (2018) and Executive Director (2008-2019), Telekom Malaysia Berhad
- Industry Advisory Panel, Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2018)
- Industrial Advisory Board, Universiti Kuala Lumpur (2017)
- Issues Committee, Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (2006-2010)
- Chief Financial Officer (2002-2005) and Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance & Treasury (2001-2002), Celcom Malaysia Berhad
- Senior Vice President, Finance/Company Secretary, Kumpulan Fima Berhad (1994-2001)
- Accounting & Financial Control Manager, American Express Malaysia Berhad (1993-1994)
- Finance, Corporate Office, Kuala Lumpur, Melaka & Singapore, Sime Darby Group (1989-1993)
- Audit Assistant, Messrs. Hanafiah Raslan & Mohamad (1986-1989)