Hamilton, Bermuda - July 22, 2013, Hamilton, Bermuda - RCG Holdings announces that Tan Sri Dato' Nik Hashim Bin Nik Ab. Rahman has resigned as non-executive director and chairman of the board.
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Mr. Rahman was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on June 1, 2010.
He was redesignated as a non-executive Director and appointed as the non-executive Chairman of the Company on October 4, 2010.
Mr. Rahman dedicated more than 45 years of his career to the Malaysian government.
He started his career in 1963 as a Clerical Officer with the Land Office & General Hospital Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
The following year, he was appointed as a police inspector until 1968, when he left on a scholarship to read law.
He was admitted as a Barrister at-Law of the Inner Temple, London and upon his return, joined the Judicial and Legal Service (JLS) of Malaysia.
Mr. Rahman held various posts in the JLS since 1970 as a magistrate in Klang and Kuala Terengganu; President of the Sessions Court in Temerloh and Muar; Deputy Director of the Legal Aid Bureau; Senior Federal Counsel of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government; Judge Advocate, Ministry of Defense; Deputy Public Prosecutor, Sarawak; and State Legal Advisor, Terengganu.
Mr. Rahman was also Senior Federal Counsel (Special Unit) in the Attorney General's Chambers; Deputy Parliamentary Draftsman; Public Trustee and Official Administrator; the first and founding Director General of the Judicial and Legal Training Institute (ILKAP) and Chairman of the Advisory Board in the Prime Minister's Department, Taiping Perak before he was appointed to the Malaysian Judiciary.
In 1995, Mr. Rahman was appointed as a Judicial Commissioner of the High Court Malaya.
He was confirmed as a Judge of the High Court in 1997, promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2003 and as a Judge of the Federal Court in 2005 until his retirement in July 2009.
Mr. Rahman was a member of the Royal Police Force Commission from 2004 to 2008, a member of the Syariah Appeal Court, Kelantan since April 1998 and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law and International Relations of the University of Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) Malaysia from 1 February 2009 to 31 January 2013.
In July 2010, Mr. Rahman attended and successfully completed a course in Executive Education Programme at Harvard Business School in Boston, USA.
In recognition of his public service, he was conferred honorary titles from various Sultanates in Malaysia. ■