KUALA LUMPUR: Amir Nashrin Johari has been appointed as an executive director of CI Holdings Bhd, and a non-independent and non-executive director of KUB Malaysia Bhd, effective from March 6.

Amir Nashrin, 30, is the son of Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.

Amir Nashrin is a director of JAG Capital Holdings Sdn Bhd, which owns a 32.96 per cent in CI Holdings and 33.28 per cent in KUB, according to bourse filings by the two listed companies.

He also sits on several other companies, including Central Cables Bhd, Continental Resources Sdn Bhd and Palmtop Vegeoil Products Sdn Bhd.

Amir Nashrin previously worked in the financial assurance departments of EY Malaysia and KPMG Malaysia from 2014 to 2017.

He holds a degree in accounting and finance from Oxford Brookes University.

"He has spent the past nine years in various management and executive roles in different industries and companies, including audit and management consulting, various technology-based start-ups, private investment companies, and a public cable manufacturing company in Melaka.

"His roles covered corporate finance, strategy management, asset management, credit control, business development, accounting, treasury and information systems," said CI Holdings and KUB in their respective filings.

CI Holdings closed four sen or 1.43 per cent at RM2.75 yesterday, KUB eased half a sen or 0.83 per cent to 59.5 sen.