KUALA LUMPUR: Brahim's Holdings Bhd group chief executive officer (CEO) Mohd Fadhli Abdul Rahman has stepped down from his position after seven years at the helm.

He told Business Times that he had resigned with his last day being March 13, 2025.

"Still open and looking around," he said in a text message when asked where will he be in the near future.

Mohd Fadhli joined Brahim's in November 2017 as the chief financial officer at the age of 36 before being appointed as group CEO.

His tenure saw Brahim's navigating significant challenges, including its delisting from Bursa Malaysia on June 3, 2022, as well as the termination of its in-flight catering unit Brahim's Foods Services Sdn Bhd's (BFS) 26-year contract with Malaysia Airlines Bhd on Aug 31, 2023.

As at press time, it is not known who will replace Mohd Fadhli.  

In his last interview with Business Times on July 23, 2024, he said BFS was poised to secure British Airways and two China-based airlines as its new customers as the in-flight caterer moves on from a painful separation from its biggest customer, Malaysia Airlines.   

British Airways was supposed to return to Kuala Lumpur from London Heathrow starting Nov 10, 2024, using its Boeing B787-9 aircraft but has since postponed the plan to an unspecified date due to shortages of aircraft.

"Life is tough because we had to let go of an important customer but until when would we want to be saddened by that occasion? Life has to go on and we move on with other customers," Mohd Fadhli said referring to the bitter divorce between BFS and Malaysia Airlines.

BFS had previously served in-flight meals to all Malaysia Airlines' flights out of Kuala Lumpur International Airport except to Tokyo and London.

News about the companies' separation was first reported by Business Times in June 2023.

Despite the end of the contract, Malaysia Airlines' parent company, Malaysia Aviation Group still owns a 30 per cent stake in BFS. The other 70 per cent stake is held by Brahim's.