KUALA LUMPUR, KLCC Stapled Group has appointed Datuk Annies Md Ariff as chairman of KLCC Property Holdings Bhd (KLCCP) and KLCC REIT Management Sdn Bhd (KLCCRM), effective Sept 1, 2024, succeeding Tan Sri Ahmad Nizam Salleh. The group, comprising KLCCP and KLCC Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), said in a Bursa Malaysia filing today that Annies, 69, has been redesignated from his previous role as a non-independent non-executive director of KLCCP and KLCCRM. 'Before this appointment, he was a non-executive director at KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd, Bandar Malaysia Sdn Bhd, and Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd. 'His extensive background includes serving as a non-executive chairman at Pembinaan BLT Sdn Bhd and holding several key positions within the Public Works Department and the Ministry of Finance,' said the group. Annies holds a professional qualification in engineering from The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, and is a professional engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. His academic credentials, amo ng others, include a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wales. Source: BERNAMA News Agency