Tan Sri Dato' Kamaruzzaman Bin Shariff was appointed as an independent and Non-Executive Director of the Company on 1 August 2003. He was appointed as a Non-Executive Chairman and a member of the Remuneration Committee since 28 August 2003. He became the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee since 5 July 2004. He was also appointed as a member of the Nominating Committee on 15 November 2007. His last re-election as a Director was on 28 July 2008.
He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Malaya in 1964, a Diploma of Public Administration from Carleton University, Canada in 1969 and a Masters in Public Administration from Syracuse University, USA in 1979. He served the Malaysian Civil Service for 38 years where he held various senior positions in the Federal and State Government, having served the last six (6) years as the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur from 1995 to 2001. His other postings include Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence from 1992 to 1995, Deputy Director General of the Public Services Department in 1992, Penang State Secretary from 1988 to 1992, Secretary in the Cabinet Division of the Prime Minister's Department from 1983 to 1987, Director of External Assistance and General Affairs in the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Department from 1980 to 1983 and senior positions in the Public Services Department from 1972 to 1980 and the Ministry of Education from 1964 to 1972. He has vast administrative, strategic planning and management experience by virtue of his long service in the Malaysian Civil Service.
He currently sits as the Executive Chairman of Emas Kiara Industrias Berhad and Metronic Global Berhad and as the Non-Executive Chairman of Bintai Kinden Corporation Berhad. He is also a Director of Kontena National Berhad. He is also an active member of various charitable and voluntary organizations including the Rotary Club DiRaja Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Society of the Deaf and the Malaysian Humanitarian Foundation.