Tan Sri Datuk Amar (Dr) Hamid Bin Bugo

Tan Sri Datuk Amar (Dr.) Hamid, aged 65, a Malaysian, graduated from Canterbury University, New Zealand with a Bachelor and a Master of Arts in Economic. He also holds Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (NZ) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Business Studies from Harvard Institute of Development Studies, U.S.A. He was honoured with a Ph.D. (in Commerce) by Lincoln University, New Zealand.

Tan Sri Hamid’s working experience includes administration Manager, Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. (a joint venture of Petronas, Shell and Mitsubitshi), the first General Manager of Land Custody and Development Authority, Sarawak, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Resouce Planning, Sarawak and State Secretary of Sarawak. As State Secretary he represented the State Government in various companies and statutory bodies including Malaysian Airline System Bhd, Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd., Employees Provident Fund, University Malaysia Sarawak and University Pertanian Malaysia.

Currently Tan Sri Hamid sits on the board of Sapura Crest Petroleum Bhd, Sapura Resources Berhad, Superlon Holdings Bhd, Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (which Datuk Hj Zainal is also the Group MD and major shareholder), Permodalan Sarawak Berhad, X-Fab Silicon Foundries NV and a member of the Supervisory Committee Industrial Division, Sime Darby Bhd. He is also active in charitable activities as Chairman of Yayasan Kemajuan Insan (YAKIN) and a board member of Lembaga Amanah Kebajikan Masjid Sarawak and chairman of State Library Sarawak.

He is a council member of the Institute of Integrity Malaysia and a member of Eminent Persons Group (EPG) for Malaysia-Indonesia. He is also a member of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission Advisory Committee.