Dato’ Mohd Taufik bin Abdullah

PTP Director

Dato’ Mohd Taufik bin Abdullah was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 12 December 1995. He is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee.
 
Dato’ Mohd Taufik completed his secondary education at Malay College, Kuala Kangsar in 1961 and obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree from University of Malaya in 1966. In 1968, he obtained a post-graduate Diploma in Operational Research from Woolwich Polytechnic, London. He continued his post-graduate education at Essex University, United Kingdom where he obtained a Master of Science Degree in Statistics and Operational Research in 1969.
 
Dato’ Mohd Taufik joined Bank Negara Malaysia (“BNM”) in 1970 where he served in various positions until 1984. His last position at BNM was as an Assistant Governor. In January 1985, he was appointed as Executive Director of Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad. He then joined United Asian Bank Berhad as Chief Executive Officer/Director of the bank, a position he held until 1991. He was then appointed as the Chairman of Johor Port Berhad from 1995 until 2011.

Asyraf Suhaimi Sulaiman

MMC Group
Group Chief Financial Officer

Dato' Azman Shah Mohd Yusof

PTP Director
MMC Port Holdings Sdn Bhd
Chief Executive Officer

Timothy John Smith

APM Terminals
Senior Advisor and Non-Executive Director Timothy John Smith was appointed to the Board of Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd as a Director on 12 August 2021.
 
Tim holds a BA (Hons) 1st class in Geography from University of Oxford in England.
 
Initially with P&O Containers and then P&O Nedlloyd, Tim has been with the Maersk Group since their acquisition of P&O Nedlloyd in 2005.
 
With extensive experience in shipping and transportation management, including leading business units and area/regional management, Tim held the role of Chief Executive of the North Asia Region, for Maersk Line from 2008-2015. In July 2015, Tim assumed the  role as Chairman of Maersk China, and Chief Maersk Group Representative for North Asia.
 
In March 2018, he took on the role as Chief Executive, Asia Region for APM Terminals, responsible for the profit and loss of APMT's 14 terminals in the Asia region, as well as for sales/marketing of APMT's global network of terminals to Asian customers.

Joao Carlos Vendeirinho Almeida

APM Terminals
Chief Financial Officer – Hubs 

Joao Carlos Vendeirinho Almeida was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 26 November 2018.

Joao Almeida is a KPMG trained qualified Chartered Accountant (South Africa) with audit and management consultancy expertise. Joao Almeida holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Accountancy and Master’s in Management (Sloan Fellowship) from London Business School.

Joao Almeida joined the AP Moller Maersk Group in 2017. With over 20 years’ expertise in blue-chip multinationals, Joao Almeida is a senior international finance executive with leadership responsibilities in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa across the supply chain and logistics, building materials, telecommunications, consumer nutrition, healthcare and private equity industries.

Before joining the AP Moller Maersk Group Joao Almeida served CRH plc as the Transformation Director Europe and Group Finance Director at its Joint Venture, Secil S.A. His extensive career includes serving as Managing Director at National Business M&A Advisors, Chief Financial Officer at Cabovisao S.A. (part of Altice Group) and Divisional Finance Director for Southern Europe and Growth Markets at Royal Numico N.V. (part of Danone Group).

Joao Almeida currently sits on the Boards of Egyptian International Container Terminal SA, Suez Canal Container Terminal SAE, APM Terminals Tangier S.A. and APM Terminals Rotterdam B.V.

Mohd Azman Ismail

Deputy Undersecretary (International Division), Ministry of Finance Mohd Azman Ismail was appointed to the Board of Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd as a director on 1 March 2023.

He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Management Programme from The National Institute of Public Administration, Malaysia and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the National University of Malaysia.

Mohd Azman began his career in the civil service from 2006 as an Assistant Secretary (Administration and Management) in the Ministry of Education. He has held various posts in several other ministries including in the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro Based Industry, Ministry of Housing and Local Government Development, Ministry of Health, as well as in the current Ministry of Finance. 

Mohd Azman is currently the Deputy Undersecretary (International Division), Ministry of Finance.

Dr. Siva Sangar Krishnan

Under Secretary (Maritime Division), Ministry of Transport Malaysia Siva Sangar Krishnan was appointed to the Board of Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn. Bhd. as a Director on 10th November 2025.

He is the Undersecretary of Shipping and Maritime at the Ministry of Transport, Malaysia. He has been responsible for the overall development of Malaysia’s maritime service sectors. This includes formulating policies to ensure safe navigation in Malaysian waters and overseeing the development of Malaysian ports and the shipping industry.

He has held various key positions throughout his career at the Ministry of Transport Malaysia. His recent projects, which have been recognised internationally, include the Malaysia Maritime Single Window, the formation of the National Logistics Centre of Malaysia, the Malaysia Maritime Law Revision Committee, and the formulation of the Malaysia Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy Roadmap.

Before joining the Malaysian Public Service, he worked at DHL International Pte. Ltd. and with two international shipping companies based in Hamburg, Germany, and Copenhagen, Denmark