The Team
Mohd Azriq Ramli – Founder, Director & Chief Executive Officer
Mohd Azriq, the Founder and CEO of Sabah’s first Private Equity firm. He founded Glenhill Capital Sdn Bhd in 2015.
He has a wide level of experience in the finance industry. Starting his career in 2005 at AmanahRaya JMF-Asset Management as an equity research analyst covering various sectors but primarily Consumer and Industrial Product segment, he was then promoted as a Fund Manager at age 26.
He was also an analyst for Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP) a local government pension fund which manages more than RM100 billion in asset under management.
He moved to Hadrons Capital where he gained Private Equity and Corporate Advisory experiences and was involved in the consolidation of Ann Joo Resources Berhad and Ann Joo Steel Berhad.
In 2011, he moved to Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad’s Investment Banking and Private Equity unit and was involved in the Initial Public Offering of IHH Healthcare Berhad, Gas Malaysia Berhad and Felda Global Ventures Berhad. Prior to starting Glenhill Capital, he ran the Bank’s Private Equity unit which manages a fund size of RM100 million.
He holds a Degree in Business Studies from University of Sunderland and received an MBA in Finance from University of Lincoln, UK.
Mohd Azmir Ramli – Executive Director
Mohd Azmir served the Sabah State’s think tank as a Research Associate at the tender age of 28, mainly looking into the logistics and transportation aspects of the oil and gas industry and the agriculture industry.
In 2014 he ventured into business and formed Glenhill Synergy Sdn Bhd focusing on stevedoring. Currently the company is the largest stevedoring firm in Sabah.
By 2019, Glenhill Energy Services Sdn Bhd was formed in view of tapping the oil and gas sector in Sabah. The company was awarded a VDPx contract by an oil and gas operator to perform blasting and painting services.
Being a born and bred Sabahan, Mohd Azmir aims for Glenhill Capital to actively participate in the development of Sabah as a whole where PFI matters.
He holds an Advance Diploma in Logistics Management and a Chartered Member in Transport and Logistics Management (Hons) from the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT).
Clarence Khoo – Partner
Clarence serves as a Partner in Glenhill’s Corporate Advisory unit.
He has 27 years of illustrious experience managing corporate, SME and HNW individuals in the Banking and IT Industry. In the first decade of his career he was with GHL Automation SB (now GHL System Bhd) managing Sime Darby Group and Sony Corporate IT accounts and had managed his own IT business for 4 years prior to joining the Banking Industry.
As a banker, he had wide exposure in the field of investment, financing, securities, fund raising, M&A and business development. He was selected and groomed by the bank for the Universal Banking program in collaboration with Nanyang Technology University, Singapore.
He obtain his degree from Bolton University, UK and is currently pursuing an MBA from International University of Malaya-Wales.
Sufahmi Hadi Bin Sjafii – Partner
Sufahmi Hadi serves as a Partner specialising in Oil & Gas related investments.
Prior to joining Glenhill, he was attached to Alam Maritim Berhad as the Chief Executive Officer of its Dubai-based subsidiary, namely Workboat International DMCCO. Three years later in 2018, he was appointed as General Manager Strategic Business & Operations and Chief Operating Officer for joint venture (JV) companies as a result of his excellent performance in Dubai.
In Alam Maritim, he was responsible for marshalling business development strategy, develop new businesses, new technology for the Group, identifying new investment, revenue growth, establishing strategic partnerships and building effective relationships with stakeholders. He brings more than 13 years of related industry experience with several tenures in maritime, oil and gas companies.
Sufahmi Hadi holds an MBA in Finance and Banking from Lim Kok Wing University.
Azhar Hussain – Senior Adviser (Pharmaceutical)
He had served as Managing Director of Phamaniaga Berhad from 2003-2006;
Prior to that he was Managing Director of Pharmaniaga Manufacturing Sdn Bhd from 1994-2003;
He started his career in Glaxo Malaysia in 1976 as a House Pharmacist and managed the production unit as a Production Executive before being promoted to Assistant Manager in 1981 and subsequently manages its inventory management, production planning, cGMP compliance and overall plant manufacturing in 1983 as the Production Manager;
In 1989, assumed the position of Technical Manager and posted to Glaxo Pakistan for 6 months and was promoted to Technical Director in 1993;
In 1993, he was made a Director in Glaxo Malaysia’s Board of Directors;
He is currently the Chairman of Kotra Industries Berhad upon his appointment in 2014;
Encik Azhar holds a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Wales, United Kingdom and is an Associate Member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia
As the past president of the Malaysian Organisation of Pharmaceutical industries (MOPI), Encik Azhar has facilitated and encouraged the development of the pharmaceutical industry. He also served as the President in the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers, Malaysia Affiliate (ISPE Malaysia).
Dato’ Dr Mohamed Amin Kassim – Senior Adviser
Dato’ Dr Amin serves as Glenhill’s logistics Senior Adviser.
Prior to his retirement, Dato’ Dr Amin was the Deputy-Managing Director of Century Logistics Berhad from April 1995 to September 2014.
At Century Logistics, he led the strategic and re-engineering plan which resulted in a transformation of the company. It also allowed Century Logistics to provide supply chain management and integrated logistics services as well as establishing strong partnerships in Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Dubai and Syria.
His transformational plan helped grew Century Logistics’ revenue from RM11 million in 1996 to nearly RM300 million in 2014 and was key in its market listing in 2001.
Started his career in 1975 as a trainee executive with Guthrie Boustead Shipping Agencies and climbed his way up within the industry. His vast experiences spanned from setting up a branch office locally to setting up overseas offices. He was the Group Marketing Manager of Kontena Nasional where he expanded its business so large it captured 11% of Malaysia’s total container throughput. He later became the General Manager for Evergreen Shipping business at the age of 32.
He was the Co-Writer of the Logistics Chapter in the Industrial Master Plan 2006-2020. In 2010, he was the leader of the consulting team that submitted the roadmap for the development of the Malaysian Logistics Industry. Dato’ Dr Amin is a Chartered Member of CILT and graduated from the University of London with a Doctorate in Management in 2002. He was also awarded the Certified Corporate Strategist Doctorate by the Cambridge Association of Managers as well as the Certified Doctor of Business Administration by the Oxford Association of Management both in 2006.
Datuk Seri Mohamed Azahari Kamil – Senior Adviser
Datuk Seri Azahari serves as Glenhill’s Senior Adviser.
Prior to his retirement from the corporate world, he was the Group Managing Director of QSR Berhad from 2017 until 2020.
He was SEGI International Berhad’s Group President from 2016-2017.
He was also Asian Finance Bank’s CEO from 2008 until 2015, becoming the first Malaysian to be appointed CEO of a foreign Islamic Bank.
He started his career with the Malaysian French Bank in 1984 as a Credit and Marketing Officer, and for the next 10 years has accumulated experiences in Corporate Finance, Business Development, Institutional Dealing and Investment Management.
In November 1994, he established JMF Asset Management Sdn Bhd assuming the role of Managing Director. In September 2005, Amanah Raya Berhad acquired 70% of JMF Asset Management and Datuk Mohamed Azahari was appointed Managing Director of the newly-formed entity AmanahRaya-JMF Asset Management Sdn Bhd where he oversees investments in Equity, Bond, Real Estate and Private Equity. Starting with RM2 million in 1995, Datuk Azahari grew the asset under management to RM8 billion by 2008.
He was instrumental in the listing of the first Government Real Estate Investment Trust (Amanah Raya REIT) on Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange with market capitalization of RM700 million for the Public Trustee of Malaysia.
In June 2008, Datuk Mohamed Azahari took on the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AmanahRaya Investment Bank Ltd, Labuan.
He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Sapura Technology Bhd, Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging Malaysia Bhd, and PA Resources Bhd.
Datuk Mohamed Azahari graduated from Institut Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in Shah Alam with a Diploma in Banking in 1980 and subsequently obtained his BBA (Finance) from the Western Michigan University in 1982. He obtained his MBA (Finance) from the Central Michigan University in 1984. He also undertook leadership programs in Berkley University and Harvard University.