Details
Date of Appointment:8 August 2017
Membership of Board Committee(s):
  • Member of Group Nomination & Remuneration Committee
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • Fellow, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
  • Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School, United States of America
Directorship(s) in Malaysia:
*Wholly-owned subisidiary of AMMB

Listed Issuers

  • Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, Petronas Gas Berhad
  • Independent Non-Executive Director, KLCC Property Holdings Berhad
  • Independent Non-Executive Director, Lianson Fleet Group Berhad (formerly known as Icon Offshore Berhad)

Public Companies

  • Chairperson/ Independent Non-Executive Director, AmBank Islamic Berhad*
Experience:
  • Farina binti Farikhullah Khan has over 30 years of working experience, predominantly in the oil and gas industry.
  • She started out her career in 1994 with Coopers & Lybrand, Australia in the Business Services unit for three years.
  • In 1997, she returned to Malaysia to join Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) in the Corporate Planning and Development Division where she started as an executive and in the ensuing years until 2005, she held various positions including Senior Manager (Strategy and Portfolio) in Group Strategic Planning of PETRONAS.
  • She subsequently assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer of PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, one of the largest subsidiaries of PETRONAS with operations in over 20 countries, from 2006 to 2010. She then served as the Chief Financial Officer at PETRONAS Exploration and Production Business, the largest arm of PETRONAS Business, from mid-2010 until 2013, where the business included both PETRONAS Carigali Group of Companies as well as the Petroleum Management Unit of PETRONAS.
  • Prior to leaving PETRONAS Group at the end of 2015 to pursue her other interests, she was the Chief Financial Officer of PETRONAS Chemical Group Berhad, the largest listed entity of PETRONAS, for two years.
  • She had also previously served on the Board of various PETRONAS entities, such as Progress Energy Canada Ltd as well as a number of PETRONAS joint venture entities with foreign partners.
  • On 7 January 2025, she had been redesignated as the Chairperson/ Independent Non-Executive Director of AmBank Islamic Berhad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMMB. She had also been appointed as a Director of YaPEIM Holdings Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yayasan Pembangunan Ekonomi Islam Malaysia (YaPEIM) on 1 March 2025.
  • She is an Independent Non-Executive Director of KLCC REIT Management Sdn Bhd, the Manager of KLCC Real Estate Investment Trust and also a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of EnQuest PLC, a company listed on London Stock Exchange.
Declaration:

She does not have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business with AMMB or its subsidiaries.

She does not have any family relationship with any other Director and/or major shareholders of AMMB.

She has not been convicted of any offence within the past five years nor has she been subject to any public sanction or penalty by any relevant regulatory bodies during financial year ended 31 March 2025.