× Dato’ Richard Alexander John Curtis

Dato’ Richard Curtis joined Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS) as its group managing director in 2006. He not only oversees its strategic investments, he also develops and implements its strategic plans for the benefit of the Group’s stakeholders. He was in legal practice as a solicitor in Norton Rose in London, Jardine Matheson & Co in Hong Kong and Jardine Offshore Group in postings to Singapore and Indonesia.

He started businesses in retail, consultancy as well as construction and was a chief executive officer of The Melium Group. He’s a director of Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd and many CMS subsidiaries in cement, construction materials and trading, construction and road maintenance as well as property development. He’s also a trustee of Yayasan Raja Muda Selangor.

He holds a bachelor’s of law degree from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and was admitted to practise as a solicitor in England, Wales and Hong Kong and is a Sloan Fellow of the London Business School.