TH Plantations puts CEO Zainal Azwar on garden leave

TH Plantations CEO Datuk Seri Zainal Azwar Zainal Aminuddin (left) and CFO Mohamed Azman Shah Ishak at the company's AGM last year.

KUALA LUMPUR: TH Plantations Bhd said its CEO and executive director Datuk Seri Zainal Azwar Zainal Aminuddin was put on garden leave by its board of directors from Aug 14 until further notice.

The company, in a filing with Bursa Malaysia on Tuesday, did not offer any reason for the decision. 

During Zainal’s absence, Mohamed Azman Shah Ishak, the company’s chief financial officer will assume the day to day management of the group and its subsidiaries.

On Monday, TH Plantation had announced the appointment of Lembaga Tabung Haji group managing director and CEO Datuk Seri Zukri Samat as its new chairman,

Zukri was appointed to lead Tabung Haji on July 13.