Dr. Kamarulzaman "Dr. K" Mohamed Zin joined Khazanah Nasional as Director, Investment Division in March 2008.  He was later appointed as EXCO for Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd on September 25th, 2008.

Prior to Khazanah, Dr.K was the Vice President for Technology Management at Sapura Group, a local conglomerate with interest in ICT, Oil and Gas, Automotive, Education and Defence.  At Sapura where he served since 1995, Dr. K was also closely involved in planning and working committees of the government in areas of technology acquisition and development.

From 1993 to 1995, Dr. K was seconded to Technology Park Corporation Malaysia (TPM) with responsibility over establishment, deployment and management of the Park's ICT infrastructure.  From 1986 until his secondment to TPM, Dr.K was a faculty member of University Malaya. Dr.K is also currently Board of Director for Silterra. Malaysia Sdn Bhd. 

Dr.K holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, London and is a member of IEEE.

Dr. Narain Arora has more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industries. His areas of expertise are device design system, product development and R&D. He started his career as Senior Scientific Officer at Solid State Physics, New Delhi, India in 1975 .He then moved to the States to join Digital Equipment Corporation and became the Consulting Engineer and Senior Manager.

His career progressed when he was appointed as Chief Scientist at Simplex Solutions Inc and later became Vice President, Technology. At Simplex, he was instrumental in developing new technologies and products for various tools for IC chip design. His recent appointment was as Vice President, (R&D) at CADENCE Design Systems.

Dr. Narain Arora was also the Chairman of Siprosys Inc. a company developing AFM based electrical system for process characterization in an IC manufacturing environment.

Amongst his significant publications is the book he authored, MOSFET Modeling for VLSI Circuit Simulation: Theory and Practice. The book was translated in Chinese in 1999 and was reprinted in 2006. He also co-authored a chapter on MOSFET Modeling for circuit Simulation in Advanced MOS device Physics, VLSI Electronic Series.

Dr. Narain Arora earned his Ph.D in Solid State Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi,India, and his degree from Institute of Electronics and Radio Engineers, London, UK. He currently holds 3 US patents and 2 other patents on VLSI interconnected.

Lai Yit Loong  brings more than 20 years of semiconductor experience from engineering, sales & marketing fields. Prior to joining Silterra, he was the Vice President of Sales & Marketing in Nvidia, Taiwan where he was responsible for the sales & marketing activities in South East Asia and Oceania. He was with Intel for more than 10 years as Sales Director for South East Asia region and he later became the Country Managing Director in Intel China.

Mr. Lai  received his B.Sc of Computer Science from National University of Singapore.

Firdaus Abdullah brings extensive international experience in principal investments, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and corporate business development to Silterra. At Silterra, his mandate covers corporate exercises & strategy, expansion, and developmental funding. His current focus areas include structuring Silterra’s global foundry outsourcing programme and implementing strategic projects with commercial and government entities to spur the development of Malaysia’s semiconductor ecosystem.

Firdaus was most recently a Partner at 1st Corporate Technologies, a London-based corporate finance house specializing in technology M&A and investments in Europe and the US. Previously, he was a venture capitalist with IDG Ventures Europe and MSC Venture. He has led and executed investment transactions in technology companies in North America, Europe, and Asia, and has played key roles at all stages of company growth from formation to exit.

Prior to that, he was a Chevening Technology Enterprise Fellow at the University of Edinburgh where he co-founded an EDA startup and worked on commercializing academic research in microelectronics. Firdaus has also served at MDeC, where he was involved in implementing national-level strategic initiatives in the technology space. Firdaus’s early career was as a design engineer at Intel Corporation and at a communications chip startup, both in California.

Firdaus earned his M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California, and an MBA with Distinction from Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

Arjun brings with him more than 16 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, where he held various key engineering and management positions. Prior to joining Silterra in 2001, Arjun was attached with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Singapore.

Arjun holds a degree in Electrical and Electronic from Sri Venkateswara University, India and a Master’s degree in Microelectronic Engineering from Texas A&M, Texas, USA.

Kenneth has more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, where he assumed a variety of engineering and management roles. Kenneth has 4 granted US patents, 6 granted PRC patents and 2 US patents pending.

Prior to joining Silterra, Kenneth held various key positions at Advanced Micro Devices (Spansion), Hynix, Xilinx and SMIC. Ken holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Arizona and an MBA from Saint Mary’s College.

Munawir brings with him more than 20 years of diverse work experiences and has a combination profile of Engineering and Human Resources background. Prior to joining Silterra, Munawir held various key positions at various multinational companies such as Sony Electronics, Philips and Seagate.

Munawir holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University, Texas, USA and an MBA from Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Kader Ibrahim has more than 20 years of semiconductor experience. He held various positions in engineering and operations. Prior to joining Silterra in 1998, Kader was attached with Motorola Seremban.

Kader holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from National University of Malaysia, a master's degree in Manufacturing System from University Putra Malaysia and an MBA from Northern University of Malaysia.

Yushri brings with him more than 20 years of working experience in a multinational environment. Prior to joining Silterra in 1998, he was attached with Motorola Seremban.

Yushri holds a degree in Accountancy from London South Bank University, United Kingdom and obtained his professional qualification and a Fellowship from the Chartered Association of Certified Accountant, United Kingdom.