Members of the Commission

YBhg. Dato' Seri Mohd Sayuthi bin Bakar was appointed as the Chairman of the Companies Commission of Malaysia effective 1 October 2026. He holds a B.A (Hons.) in Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Malaya (UM), earned in 1994, and a Master in Information Technology from the National University of Malaysia (UKM), completed in 2004. He also holds a Diploma in Public Administration from the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), obtained in 1996.

Dato' Seri Mohd Sayuthi has extensive experience in public service as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer and held various positions in different Ministries and Local Government. He served as the Assistant Director of the Enforcement Division, Immigration Department of Malaysia from 1995 to 1996 and was promoted to the Assistant Secretary of the Strategic Planning Division, Ministry of Home Affairs from 1996 to 1999. He was subsequently appointed as Assistant Director of the National Security Division, Prime Minister's Department from 2000 to 2002 and as Principal Assistant Secretary in Finance Division, Ministry of Internal Security from 2004 to 2006. He was appointed to the Selangor State Secretary Office as the Head of Internal Audit in 2007 and promoted as Deputy Director of the State Economic Planning Unit (UPEN) until 2010. From 2010 to 2019, he was appointed as President of the Sepang Municipal Council and Kajang Municipal Council before he was promoted to the position of the Mayor of Petaling Jaya City Council in 2019.

In 2021, he returned to serve the Immigration Department of Malaysia as the Deputy Director General and also held the position of Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Home Affairs. He served as the State Secretary of Penang from 19 December 2022 to 4 October 2023, prior to his appointment as the Secretary General of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living on 4 October 2023.

YBhg. Datuk Alan bin Abdul Rahim was appointed as a Commission Member effective 20 March 2024. He has more than 28 years of experience in Public Services since 1995 where his first placement was at the Ministry of Transport Malaysia. He had served with the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Internal Security, Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM), Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Education before holding several positions at the Ministry of Finance in 2019. Prior to his current appointment as the Undersecretary at the Public Asset Management Division, he had served as the Federal Financial Officer (Sabah) and Head of Unit of MyCT, Tax Division, Ministry of Finance.

YBhg. Datuk Alan holds a Master’s degree in Management (Project Management) from University Malaysia Sabah, and a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences from University of Malaya. He has extensive experience and possesses expertise and specialised qualification in project management (project implementation and monitoring), financial management, change management (innovation) as well as risk and crisis management.

YBhg. Datuk Mohd Aqliff Shane Abdullah has been appointed as a Commission Member effective 1 March 2025. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from University Tenaga National.

YBhg. Datuk Mohd Aqliff Shane Abdullah began his career in oil and gas industry since 1999, specialising in engineering. He previously served at Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore (M) Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Intergraph Corporation (listed on NASDAQ), as a Senior Application Engineer, primarily focusing on the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry in Asia. He is currently the Managing Director of Petrolife Aero Sdn. Bhd.

He also served as a Non-Executive Director of Privasia Technology Bhd (listed on Bursa Malaysia) from 4 May 2009 to 2017. In 2004, Datuk Mohd Aqliff Shane established his own oil and gas company, specialising in engineering, offshore and onshore structural and pipeline fabrication, as well as the supply of high-pressure tubing and deepwater oil and gas equipment, along with QA/QC inspection services.

In 2015, he founded a new company focusing on global LNG trading. In July 2018, the company, Petrolife Aero LNG, was officially licensed by the government as an importer, distributor, transporter and supplier of regasified LNG for the energy industry. Currently, he serves as a technical committee member at the Malaysian Petroleum Resources Corporation (MPRC), contributing to research on Malaysia’s role as a regional hub for the gas market. He is also a committee member of the Peninsular Malaysia gas working committee, established by the Energy Commission of Malaysia.

YBrs. Encik Tan Kee Heng has been appointed as a Commission Member, effective 1 March 2025. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, and has obtained the Certificate in Legal Practice. He is also an advocate of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak.

With more than 27 years of experience as a legal practitioner, YBrs. Encik Tan is an expert in litigation, civil law and appellate cases. His expertise spans various legal fields, including corporate law and commercial advisory services, land disputes - particularly issues related to land development in Sarawak - company law, construction law, arbitration and contract law. He previously served as a Commission Member from 2018 to 2020 and has now been reappointed to contribute his expertise in corporate law, banking and corporate dispute resolution.

He is the author of Civil and Criminal Appeals in Malaysia (4th Edition), which was launched by the Chief Justice of Malaysia, Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat. Additionally, he serves as the editor of Borneo Law Reports, a contributor to Bullen & Leake & Jacobs Malaysian Precedents of Pleadings (2023) and an advisory editor and contributor to Malaysian Civil Procedure (2024).

Under his leadership as a managing partner, the law firm S.K. Ling & Tan Advocates has been awarded East Malaysia Law Firm of the Year by Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters) five times—at the Malaysia Law Awards in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2024.

YBrs. Encik Tan has served as a Commissioner for Oaths since his appointment by the Chief Justice of the Federal Court in February 2007. He was also appointed as a Notary Public by the Attorney General in 2020, with the authority to perform notarial functions in Kuching, Sarawak.

YBRS. Dr. Mazlena binti Mohamad Hussain was appointed as a Commission Member effective 1 April 2025. She holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Law and Mental Health from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), awarded in 2014.

In addition, she earned a Master's degree in Comparative Laws and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (Hons) from the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), completed in 1994 and 1993, respectively.

Dr. Mazlena currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the Ahmad Ibrahim Law School, IIUM, where she has been a faculty member since 1993.

Throughout her distinguished career, she has made significant contributions to the field of legal studies, particularly through her involvement in a wide range of research initiatives. She has also presented her findings at numerous local and international conferences, advancing the academic community's understanding of law, with a particular focus on criminal law and mental health.

YBrs. Tuan Haji Hazel bin Mohammad was appointed as a Commission Member of the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) effective 25 November 2025.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from the International Islamic University Malaysia, obtained in 2000.

He is an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, having been called to the Malaysian Bar in 2001. With over 20 years of experience as a Senior Legal Counsel, he has contributed professional legal services across both private and public sectors, which include conventional and Islamic finance and banking, property development, construction, dispute resolution, commercial and corporate law.

Currently, he is a Senior Associate at Messrs Shamsuddin & Co (Advocates & Solicitors), heading the Civil, Commercial, and Dispute Resolution Department since 2001. In addition, he is a member of the Tribunal for Consumer Claims, appointed for the term 2024–2027.

Since 2024, he has also engaged as a legal & corporate compliance consultant with Kasa Strategic Advisory-FZCO, Dubai, UAE, where his key role is to provide professional advice to foreign companies to ensure compliance with Malaysian laws, regulations, internal policies and ethical standards.

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