JA’AFAR BIN RIHAN was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the DIALOG Board on 25 November 2010, representing Employees Provident Fund Board (EPF), which is a substantial shareholder of DIALOG.

He is a Malaysian, aged 43 and holds a first class honours degree in Economics from International Islamic University, Selangor Darul Ehsan. He is also a National Member of Malaysian Financial Market Association since 1995.

He is currently the General Manager of the Islamic Investment Development Department of EPF and he joined EPF since 2008. He was a Vice-President of Calyon Bank prior to him joining EPF. He was with Bank Negara Malaysia for 15 years whereby he was actively involved in the development of Islamic Money Market and Islamic Financial Market. His last position held with Bank Negara was as Manager of Islamic Money Market and Investment Operations and Financial Market before he joined Calyon Bank.