Kuala Lumpur, 28 February 2021 – QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd (‘QSR Brands’), the first and only fully integrated food operator in Malaysia and franchise owner of KFC restaurants in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Cambodia, as well as Pizza Hut restaurants in Malaysia and Singapore, has appointed Tan Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim as Chairman with effect from 1st March 2021.

Prior to this appointment, Jamaludin’s last executive position was at Axiata Group Berhad where he recently retired on 31st December 2020. He was the Managing Director/President & Group Chief Executive Officer for almost 13 years since its inception in 2008. Prior to that, he was the Group CEO of Maxis Communications Berhad. 

With over 40 years of experience, Tan Sri Jamaludin’s wealth of knowledge includes about 16 years in IT and 23 years in telecommunications, in addition to being involved in various capacities in the education sector. 

Reading the news on our cellphones has been one of the major habit changes due to COVID-19. My friends, who once could not start their days without the touch and feel of a freshly delivered newspaper, have now been compelled to read the digital version. Via apps, or simply through news websites, they have had to adapt to a changed world. To the well-known aphorism, “old habits die hard,” maybe it’s time to add, “but with time and effort they do.

In the same vein, I think one of the changes after COVID-19 will be how organizations work with paper. Paperless has been the holy grail of automation and digitization for a long time now, with only limited success. But now, the time has come for this trend’s spread to experience a major acceleration, and maybe even reach the tipping point.

Kuala Lumpur, 26 February 2021 – Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad (“Alliance Bank” or the “Bank”) today reported that it had provided RM6.3 billion in targeted assistance to individuals and business customers in the first nine months of the financial year ending 31 March 2021 (“9MFY21”). 

“For 9MFY21, we continue to focus on our two key priorities of helping our customers stay resilient during the pandemic and accelerating our digitisation initiatives to acquire more customers, improve client engagement, and drive better cost efficiency,” said Mr Joel Kornreich, Group Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Bank. 

RM5.2 billion was for Payment Relief Assistance (“PRA”) packages, and RM1.1 billion was for Extended Moratorium. The Bank has also disbursed more than RM600 million in Special Relief Fund to help SMEs.