Saadiah Aziz Appointed New Chairman of Sabah Electricity

3 August 2025

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (Sabah Electricity) has announced the appointment of Saadiah Aziz as its new Chairman, effective 31 July 2025.

She takes over from Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Madius Tangau.

Saadiah, 49, previously served as Khazanah Nasional Berhad Senior Vice President, bringing over 24 years of experience including programme and project management, stakeholder’s engagement and management, business development and marketing, management and monitoring, data management, research and analysis in offshore capital market and bond rating across industries and sectors.

She was notably among the early members of the Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) Transformation Programme (2005–2015), a national initiative aimed at turning GLCs into high-performing entities.

During her 16-year tenure at Khazanah Nasional Berhad, she contributed to several national-level projects.

Before that she also served in the capital market domain in Labuan Offshore Financial Service Authority and Malaysian Ratings Corporation Berhad.

She holds a Master Degree in Science, Strategic Management of Projects from University College London (UCL) where she was awarded British Chevening Scholarship & Khazanah Global Scholarship and Master in Science, Financial Management and a Bachelor Degree in Accounting both from Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland.

Additionally, she completed an Executive Programme at London Business School on Executing Strategy for Results.

Prior to her appointment, Saadiah was an Independent Director of Suria Strategic Resources Sdn Bhd, an energy related infrastructure company which is a 100% owned entity of the Malaysia Ministry of Finance Inc.

Sabah Electricity’s board of directors, management team and staff welcome the appointment of Saadiah.

“We believe her leadership will help steer Sabah Electricity through the challenges and achieve its aspiration,” Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Ir. Ts. Mohd Yaakob Hj Jaafar said in a statement on Sunday.