Mr. Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha, FCCA
He is Head, Plantation Upstream, Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd.
Educated in the United Kingdom in Professional Accountancy (ACCA), he started his employment in Wellers, an accountancy firm based in Oxford, United Kingdom. Upon his return to Malaysia, he joined Shell Malaysia. He spent 7 years in this Shell Group of companies where he was posted to various places within Malaysia.
In 1997, he joined Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad as Finance & Administration Manager, where he was first based in the Property Division and was subsequently promoted as General Manager, Finance of Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad, General Manager, Guthrie Landscaping Sdn. Berhad and General Manager, Finance, Property Division. Encik Helmy was later promoted to Group General Manager, Finance in 2001 in charge of Group Treasury as well as Minamas Plantation, Indonesia (Finance). He later joined the holding company where he was in charge of the Group Finance operation including the raising of RM 1.5 billion Islamic Financing in December 2000 to finance the acquisition of Indonesian plantation. He was posted to Minamas Plantation, Indonesia in 2001 while at the same time in charge of the Guthrie Group Treasury function in Kuala Lumpur. He spent more than 3 years in Indonesia and saw the country in turmoil in 2000 and the progress it made since then.
He went back to Guthrie HQ in 2004 where he became Head, Marketing and later in the same year he was posted to a new position as Head, Corporate Planning & Strategic Development. In mid 2006, he became the Head, Plantation Malaysia for Guthrie as well as CEO of Highlands & Lowlands Berhad and Guthrie Ropel Berhad.
He played a key role in the merger between Sime Darby, Guthrie and Golden Hope in 2007, being involved in both Plantation and HR. After the merger, he was made the Senior Vice President and Head of Plantation Upstream looking after the whole of operations in Malaysia as well as expansion in Malaysia, Indonesia, Africa and other countries. He travels extensively to African countries mainly in West Africa and Central Aftrica.