{"id":8705,"date":"2021-03-17T13:10:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T05:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8705"},"modified":"2021-03-17T13:10:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T05:10:44","slug":"bcorp-surges-17-percent-on-the-appointment-of-abdul-jalil-rasheed-as-group-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8705","title":{"rendered":"BCorp surges 17 percent on the appointment of Abdul Jalil Rasheed as Group CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 &#8212; Shares in Berjaya Corporation Bhd&nbsp;(BCorp) jumped 17 per cent following&nbsp;the appointment of&nbsp;former president and group chief executive officer (CEO) of Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) Abdul Jalil Abdul Rasheed as its new group CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 11.25 am, the stocks increased three sen to 21 sen, making it among top 10 active counters on Bursa Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 153.5 million shares of the industrial product and services counter\u00a0changed\u00a0hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Photo-2-President-and-Group-Chief-Executive-En-Jalil-Rasheed-scaled-1-1050x700-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"bcorp\" class=\"wp-image-4472\" width=\"519\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Photo-2-President-and-Group-Chief-Executive-En-Jalil-Rasheed-scaled-1-1050x700-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Photo-2-President-and-Group-Chief-Executive-En-Jalil-Rasheed-scaled-1-1050x700-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Photo-2-President-and-Group-Chief-Executive-En-Jalil-Rasheed-scaled-1-1050x700-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Photo-2-President-and-Group-Chief-Executive-En-Jalil-Rasheed-scaled-1-1050x700-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Photo-2-President-and-Group-Chief-Executive-En-Jalil-Rasheed-scaled-1-1050x700-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Photo-2-President-and-Group-Chief-Executive-En-Jalil-Rasheed-scaled-1-1050x700-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Photo-2-President-and-Group-Chief-Executive-En-Jalil-Rasheed-scaled-1-1050x700-1.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>BCorp, in a statement on Tuesday, said Abdul Jalil\u2019s mandate would be to re-look at its&nbsp;corporate structure, optimise financial and human resources, improve synergies and efficiency, and enhance corporate governance and transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is also entrusted to&nbsp;streamline the various group businesses to create and enhance shareholder value, as well as&nbsp;to transform BCorp into a high-performing organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdul Jalil brings with him 18 years of investment and business leadership experience, having worked in the United Kingdom, the United States,&nbsp;Malaysia and Singapore with global investment firms, Aberdeen Standard Investments and Invesco Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; 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