Datuk Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha, a Malaysian, was appointed Group Managing Director of SD Guthrie Berhad in July 2019. He is a Yayasan Sime Darby Non-Independent Governing Council Member.
He attended Nottingham Trent University, and later the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy, where he obtained his Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) qualification in 1990. He was admitted as a member of the ACCA in 1996, and later became a Fellow of the ACCA in 2001. He attended Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2019.
Skills & Experience:
Held various positions within the Sime Darby Group since the merger in 2007, including:
Head, SD Guthrie Upstream Malaysia
Head, SD Guthrie Services and Special Project
Chief Operating Officer, Upstream
Deputy to Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer, Upstream
Other Credentials:
Chairman of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Malaysian Palm Oil Association Council
Malaysian Palm Oil Council’s Board of Trustees
National Wages Consultative Council
Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants
Member of Incorporated Society of Planters
Former Chief Executive Officer of Guthrie Ropel Berhad
Former Chief Executive Officer of Highlands & Lowlands Berhad
Former Indirect Tax Advisor for Shell Malaysia Ltd
