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Dato' Abdul Rafique Bin Abdul Karim is an Independent Non-Executive Director of UGB. He was appointed to the Board of UGB on 6 March 2000 as Independent Non-Executive Director and was re-designated to Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 11 March 2011. On 6 April 2018, he was re-designated to Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. He is a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, and Nominating Committee.

Dato’ Abdul Rafique is an experienced businessman. After completing his Higher School Certificate in 1974, he joined his family business. In 1975, he set up Syarikat Manora Sdn. Bhd. for venturing into construction and property development businesses. In 1983, owing to his active involvement in the local commercial community, he was selected by the government to undertake an Entrepreneurial Development Course at the International Small Business Institute of Management in the United States of America. In 1988, he was elected to the Committee of the Penang Malay Chamber of Commerce and appointed as Vice President in 1990. He subsequently served as Deputy President from 1995 until early 2004. He was also an Executive Council Member of the National Malay Chamber of Commerce from 1998 to 2004. In the year 2007, he was appointed as the Honorary Consul General of Pakistan to Penang. He is also the Honorary Advisor of Penang Xiamen Friendship Association, Vice Chairman of Penang State Consultative Goodwill Council, and an active member of various business and social organizations. He sits on the Board of several private limited companies.