KUALA LUMPUR: Media Prima Bhd has announced the resignation of Tan Sri Ismail Omar and Datuk Loo Took Gee as independent and non-executive directors effective today.
In an exchange filing today, the integrated media conglomerate said Ismail and Loo both had decided to resign to focus on other commitments.
Ismail, 67, started his career as an investigation officer in the Criminal Investigation Department of the Royal Malaysian Police Force.
For the first 25 years of his career, he was assigned to various police departments in several states in the country.
He was also chairman of The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd and a board member of Media Prima Digital Sdn Bhd.
Loo, 63, served the government for 37 years as an officer of the Administrative and Diplomatic Service.
Within the Media Prima Group, she was chairman of Primeworks Studios Sdn Bhd and a board member of Synchrosound Studio Sdn Bhd and Big Tree Outdoor Sdn Bhd.
She currently sits on the boards of YTL Power International Bhd and Hartalega Holdings Bhd.