Prasarana announces two new appointments

KUALA LUMPUR: Prasarana Malaysia Bhd has appointed Ang Yoke Kee as group COO (strategy and transformation) and Muhammad Nizam Alias as group COO (operations).
In a statement issued today, Prasarana said the three-man executive team, including president and group CEO Datuk Mohamed Hazlan Mohamed Hussain, had been appointed by the Ministry of Finance to undertake changes in the organisational structure and turnaround the asset owner and operator of public transport systems and services in major cities in Malaysia.
Mohamed Hazlan was previously group director of organisational support at DRB Hicom Bhd before his latest appointment in Prasarana group on Monday.
He has extensive experience and expertise in trust management and audit and had served as group director of services & education DRB-Hicom until Jan 20, 2016. He had also served as group director for transport planning and commercial division at Prasarana, then known as Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd until 2012. Between January and November 2011, he was the COO of bus division and group director of bus division at Prasarana.
In steering the group towards improved performance, Mohamed Hazlan said Prasarana group would focus on three key areas – increasing the ridership of public transport services; enhancing the management and delivery of quality services, and improving the
management of revenue and cost.
In his message to the employees of Prasarana group today, Mohamed Hazlan hoped that the 10,000-strong staff of Prasarana would rally closely behind him and the new management team as well as working together in support of fresh initiatives and programmes.
Meanwhile, Ang, a Masters degree holder in Financial Engineering from Carnegie Mellon – National Technological University, brings with him an extensive regional investment and consulting experience with Boston Consulting Group, Softbank and McKinsey to help transform and turnaround the company.
On the other hand, Muhammad Nizam Alias, a graduate of Monash University who is currently pursuing his PhD in Islamic Finance with INCEIF, returns to Prasarana with the responsibility to enhance operational efficiency and productivity. Nizam previously
served as a general manager in the Prasarana group MD’s office, after stints in the Renong Group and Pos Malaysia.