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Subahan Kamal

Subahan Kamal

Malaysian Businessman

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Kamal is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Subahan.

Dato' Sri Subahan bin Kamal (Jawi: صبحان بن كمال; born 26 December 1965) is a Malaysian businessman and former politician. He has held numerous board and senior management roles at Malaysian-based companies. Kamal is a director at two Bursa Malaysia-listed companies. He is chairman at Can-One Berhad,[1] and is non-executive chairman at Alcom Group.[2] He is an executive director of ACE Market-listed Gagasan Nadi Cergas Berhad.[3] Kamal is executive chairman of FBE Ventures, an F&B company based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4] He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party.[5]

Quick Facts President of Malaysian Hockey Confederation, Preceded by ...

As a sports executive, Kamal is president of the Malaysian Hockey Confederation.[6] He began as deputy chairman of Selangor Hockey Association in 2009, becoming chairman in 2011, he was Malaysian Hockey Confederation chairman, holding both roles until 2017.[7] He was president of the Football Association of Selangor until July 2018.[8] He was the deputy chairman of the Malaysian FA between 2017 and 2021.

Career

Early career

Kamal worked at Bank Rakyat from 1989 until 1994 where he joined the corporate planning department.[9] In 1994, he started working as the private secretary to the parliamentary secretary of Ministry of Finance until 1995. He then became the senior private secretary to the Deputy Finance Minister from 1995 to 1998, serving Affifudin Omar, Wong See Wah and Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz respectively. Kamal became senior private secretary to the Deputy Human Resource Minister, Afifudin Omar in 1999.[9] In later part of 1999, he left the civil sector to start his business in construction, however, his relationships with various government agencies and departments remain strong and relevant till today.

Sports executive & roles

Kamal's roles in sport began in 2009, when he was invited to join the Selangor Hockey Association and was voted in as Deputy Chairman. He remained in the role for two years before he was voted in as Chairman.[7] While in the position, Kamal re-introduced the Selangor Hockey League (SHL) and focused on a new regional tournament. Stadia was also improved in the region.[7]

In 2015, he became the President of the Malaysian Hockey Confederation after winning an unchallenged race for the position.[6] In 2017, it was announced that Kamal would become President of the Football Association of Selangor. Around the same time, Kamal also became the Deputy Chairman at the Football Association of Malaysia.[10] He held the role at Selangor FA for a year before announcing the would be leaving the role due to other commitments, with the FAM and MHC.[11]

He is also the President of Petaling Jaya City FC.[12] In 2021, he announced that he would not be seeking reelection as Deputy at Football Association of Malaysia.[13]

Election results

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Honours

References

  1. [1]
    "Corporate Information - Board of Directors". Can-One.
  2. [2]
    "Alcom names Subahan Kamal as new chairman". Alcom.
  3. [3]
    "Gagasan Nadi Cergas makes lukewarm debut". The Sun Daily. September 1, 2019.
  4. [4]
    "FBE Ventures partners Pernas to catalyse Malaysia's F&B, franchise industry". The Sun Daily.
  5. [5]
    "SUBAHAN KAMAL". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Subahan takes MHC top spot unchallenged". The Star (Malaysia). February 2, 2015.
  7. [7]
    Loheswar, R. "Subahan leaves big shoes to fill". Malay Mail.
  8. [8]
    "Subahan Kamal Is New Selangor FA President". goal.com. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  9. [9]
    "Alcom names Subahan Kamal mew chairman". theedgemarket.com. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  10. [10]
    "Subahan backs Hamidin to be FAM president". New Straits Times.
  11. [11]
    "Subahan to step down as Selangor president". Goal.com.
  12. [12]
    "Darren Lok among three new signings of PJ City FC". Malay Mail. December 14, 2020.
  13. [13]
    "Subahan not defending his Post". The Borneo Post.
  14. [14]
    "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia.
  15. [15]
    "Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia.
  16. [16]
    "Three head Penang's honours list, 1,380 to receive awards". New Straits Times. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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