Datuk Hardew Kaur Hazar Singh

Datuk Hardew Kaur Hazar Singh (Datuk Hardev) is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Advance Synergy Berhad. She was appointed to the Board on 7 April 2023.

Datuk Hardev holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Hons) from the University of Malaya and a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University, USA (1998).

She has extensive experience in journalism and communications since 1974, having worked in Radio Television Malaysia (RTM), Malaysian Business, Business Times newspaper and the New Straits Times. She was the editor of Business Times from 1994 to 2004, and from 1991 to 1992 was also the News and Current Affairs Manager of Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd (TV3). She was the Group Editor, New Straits Times from 2004 to 2007 before moving to the Securities Commission as Head of Corporate Affairs from 2007 to 2009 and as Special Officer in the Prime Minister’s office from 2009 to 2016.

Datuk Hardev has received numerous awards and recognition for her work in journalism. She was the recipient of the Editor of the Year award from the Manila-based The Press Foundation of Asia in 1983. She was conferred the Ahli Mangku Negara (A.M.N.) by the Yang di Pertuan Agong, Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj and subsequently, the Panglima Jasa Negara (P.J.N.) by the Yang di Pertuan Agong Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah in 2010.

In addition to her professional experience, Datuk Hardev continues to be a member of the privately funded Orphanage Foundation of Malaysia (YATIM) since 1993 and has served as a Committee member of the Malaysian Women Journalist Association (PERTAMA) and the National Press Club in the 1980s.

Datuk Hardev is the Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management and Sustainability Committee.

She does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of Advance Synergy Berhad, nor has she any conflict of interest with Advance Synergy Berhad. She has no convictions for any offences within the past 5 years and no public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.