Mohamed Hashim Haji Abu

Mr. Mohamad Hashim Haji Abu is Investment Committee Member at Affin Fund Management Bhd.
He joined the army and was commissioned into the Royal Engineer Regiment on 12th December 1965.
During his 36 years of service, he participated in various operations and exercises demanding his expertise as a military engineer officer.
He held various key appointments, namely, as Colonel Plans and Development in Army HQ, Director of Accommodation and Works in Armed Forces HQ and as Defence Advisor in the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta.
A challenging project undertaken by Dato' Hashim during his tenure of office as the Director of Accommodation and Works, was the construction of 2000 units of married quarters for the Malaysian Army in Desa Tun Hussein Onn, in the vicinity of the Ministry of Defence complex.
At the peak of his military career he held the rank of Brigadier General and was appointed as the Chief Engineer in the Armed Forces.
He held this appointment for four and half years until his retirement in 2000.
Prior to his appointment as Director of AFMB, he was the Director of ATMB, then a subsidiary of AFMB.
He had his secondary education at Malacca High School and the Royal Military College.