KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― Affin Bank Berhad chairman Gen (Rtd) Tan Sri Dr Mohd Zahidi Zainuddin has been appointed the new Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) chairman, effective today.
LTAT, in a statement issued here tonight, said the appointment was made by Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu.
Mohd Zahidi, a former Malaysian Armed Forces chief, was with the defence force for 39 years, and had held many key appointments at field and ministerial levels, prior to his retirement.
He holds a Master of Science Degree (Defence and Strategic Studies) from the Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, and had attended a programme for senior executives at Harvard University, United States of America, and also the Command and General Staff College in the Philippines.
LTAT is a government statutory body that handles retirement benefits and other benefits to members of other ranks and a savings scheme for officers of the Malaysian Armed Forcers and military volunteers. ― Bernama
