Change in Boardroom

SD GUTHRIE BERHAD

Date of change	01 Jan 2026
Name	ENCIK MOHD HARIS MOHD ARSHAD
Age	53
Gender	Male
Nationality	Malaysia
Designation	Group Managing Director
Directorate	Executive
Type of change	Appointment

Qualifications

No	Qualifications	Major/Field of Study	Institute/University	Additional Information
	Degree	Business Administration	University of Arizona, United States
	Others	Advanced Management Programme	Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts

Working experience and occupation	Encik Mohd Haris Mohd Arshad began his career in 1995 as a palm oil trader with Cargill in Malaysia. In 1999, he moved to the Philippines to oversee copra sourcing and coconut oil sales in Europe. He subsequently joined Nestle Malaysia in 2001, and later transitioned to London, where he handled global cocoa procurement and price risk management. In 2006, he relocated to Singapore to establish Nestle's Commodity Procurement Centre for Asia, Oceania, and Africa. He served as General Manager & Head of Global Oils and Fats, leading supplier development and regional procurement initiatives. In 2010, he joined Unilever Singapore as Director of Commodity Risk Management, where he was responsible for a global team managing oils and fats price risk and market analysis. He joined the Sime Darby Group in 2014, leading the then Global Trading & Marketing unit and the Plantation Division's Downstream Manufacturing division prior to the Group's demerger. From March 2019 to August 2024, he served as Managing Director of Sime Darby Oils (now SD Guthrie International), where he spearheaded market expansion and revenue growth initiatives across bulk trading, differentiated product offerings for industrial customers in the Business-to-Business segment, and high-quality end-consumer products for its Business-to-Customer segment. On 1 January 2024, he was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer of SD Guthrie Berhad (Guthrie), overseeing upstream operations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands, as well as Group Innovation & Research and SDGI. Subsequently, on 1 September 2025, he assumed the role of Deputy Group Managing Director of Guthrie. He is currently the Chairman of the Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil, and a member of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council.
Directorships in public companies and listed issuers (if any)	1. SD Guthrie Berhad 2. Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil 3. Malaysian Palm Oil Council
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer	None
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer	None
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries	None

Remarks :

This announcement is dated 5 November 2025.

Announcement Info

Company Name	SD GUTHRIE BERHAD
Stock Name	SDG
Date Announced	05 Nov 2025
Category	Change in Boardroom
Reference Number	C03-04112025-00004