Apr 28, 09 5:31pm
Pengerusi Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Datuk Johan Jaafar dilantik sebagai pengerusi eksekutif baru Kumpulan Media Prima berkuatkuasa Khamis ini.
johan jaafar johan jaaffarPengumuman pelantikan beliau dibuat dalam kenyataan Media Prima kepada Bursa Malaysia hari ini.
Johan akan menggantikan Datuk Abdul Mutalib Razak yang bersara hari ini.
Media Prima memiliki New Straits Times Press Berhad (NSTP) yang menerbitkan akhbar New Straits Times, Berita Harian dan Harian Metro.
Ia juga memiliki semua stesen TV swasta di Malaysia - TV3, 8TV, TV9 dan NTV7 - serta dua stesen radio - Hot FM dan Fly FM.
Kumpulan itu juga memilik syarikat iklan Big Tree dan UPD.
Johan juga merupakan bekas ketua pengarang kumpulan Utusan Melayu. Beliau aktif menulis sebagai kolumnis dalam akhbar News Straits Times dan juga Berita Minggu.
Jawatan beliau lain termasuklah, anggota lembaga pengarah Majlis Pembangunan Multimedia, dan lembaga pengarah Bernama.
Johan mendapat perhatian umum ekoran kepetahannya mempengerusikan program mingguan di RTM - Debat Perdana - yang turut memberi peluang kepada pemimpin pembangkang turut muncul di kaca TV.
Beliau juga pernah dipilih untuk mempengerusikan debat antara Ketua Umum PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dengan Menteri Penerangan ketika itu, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek mengenai isu harga minyak.
Johan juga mempengerusikan debat antara Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng dengan Presiden Gerakan, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon berhubung skandal tanah di negeri tersebut sewaktu pentadbiran BN.
(sumber;http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/103270)
DATUK JOHAN BIN JAAFFAR
Independent Non-Executive Director
Datuk Johan Jaaffar, a Malaysian, aged 55, is an Independent Non-Excutive Director, and appointed to the Board of Sindora Berhad on 1 January 2006. He was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of Sindora Berhad on 1 September 2007. He graduated from University of Malaya in 1977. He was conferred ’Panglima Jasa Negara’ (PJN) which carried the title Datuk in 1997.
He is currently Chairman of the Board of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), a statutory body under the Ministry of Education. He once served as one of the members of the National Brain Trust on National Education under the auspices of ISIS and the National Economic Action Committee (NEAC). He was Co-Chairman of a special committee setup up by NEAC on ’Malay Values and Attitude’.
In 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the National Arts Council of Malaysia set up by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage (KEKKWA).
He is currently a columnist for both the New Straits Times and Berita Minggu. He hosted the weekly TV programme “Debat Perdana” on RTM1 and “Isu Semasa” for several years.
Currently, Datuk Johan Jaaffar is very much involved in the electronics media, public relations, medical supply and educational sectors.
He started his career with Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) in 1977. His last post was the Head of General Publishing Department of DBP. He joined Utusan Melayu (M) Berhad as the Group Chief Editor in November 1992 until July 1998. At Utusan Melayu, Datuk Johan Jaaffar was not only responsible for the daily and weekly papers but 13 other magazines and journals published by Utusan Melayu Berhad as well as one of its subsidiary companies, Metrovision Sdn Bhd. He also sat as a board member of BERNAMA, the national news agency. In 1995, he was appointed as one of the members of Malaysian Business Council (MBC).
When the government mooted the idea of “Multimedia Super Corridor” (MSC), Datuk Johan was appointed to the board of Multimedia Development Council (MDC), which was responsible to spearhead the MSC programme. He was also appointed as one of the advisory members on National Culture and a member of Malaysia Incorporated committee.
He used to serve as a committee member of Yayasan Anak-anak Yatim Malaysia (YATIM) and a member of Jawatankuasa Diplomatik dan Hubungan Antarabangsa (JIDHA). He was once a member of Majlis Perpaduan Negara.
Other than as disclosed, he does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholders of Sindora Berhad. He has no personal interest in any business arrangement involving Sindora Berhad. He has not been convicted of any offences within the past 10 years and attended all four Board of Directors meetings held in 2007.
(sumber;http://www.sindora.com.my/Content.php?id=158)
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