Sr Haji Adzman Shah Mohd Ariffin

SR ADZMAN SHAH MOHD ARIFFIN graduated from University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom and is a registered Valuer, Estate Agent and Property Manager registered with the Board of Valuers, Appraiser and Estate Agents as well as Chartered Surveyor accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, United Kingdom.

Sr Adzman Shah has extensive experience in the real estate industry and has been involved in the development and management of
shopping centres, hypermalls office complexes and condominiums, having started his career in Cardiff, United Kingdom and upon
returning to Malaysia, worked for public listed and multi-national companies, international real estate consultancy firms and real estate investment trust (REIT) where he held various key positions which included Director, Deputy Managing Director as well
as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

His past working experience in the retail industry include 3 years as Planning Manager and later as Centre Manager with Cold Storage Malaysia Bhd, a public listed company which developed, owned and operated shopping centres and supermarkets, as Expansion and Property Director at Carrefour Malaysia which developed, owned and operated hypermarkets and malls, as Deputy Managing Director at DTZ Nawawi Tie Leung Property Consultants which provided retail design development, market and feasibility studies, marketing and leasing of mall retail space, etc, and as Chief Executive Office of Hektar Property Services Sdn Bhd which managed 5
shopping centres owned by Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). Presently, he is Founder and CEO/Chief Real Estate Consultant of ExaStrata Solutions Sdn Bhd providing consultancy services for retail design development, mall repositioning, tenant mix planning, marketing and leasing including securing anchor tenants and management of shopping centres.

He is a Fellow, past Vice President, Divisional Chairman and past Councilor of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM), Past President of Malaysian Institute of Professional Property and Facilities Managers (MIPFM) and Board Member of the Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers Malaysia (BOVAEP). He also presently sits on the Bar Council Disciplinary Committee and BOVAEP Disciplinary Board.

Sr Adzman Shah is a member of the Board of Governors for Institut Penilaian Negara (INSPEN), advisor to Permodalan Usahawan Nasional Bhd (PUNB) on retail advisory, real estate investment and management. He is also an accredited speaker for property, facilities and strata management matters, real estate agency, retail property market and property investment and a regular speaker for seminars and conferences organised by the Commissioners of Building and Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, BOVAEP, INSPEN, NSTP, RISM, REHDA and MIPFM. He was also a part time lecturer at UCSI University for 4 years.
Sr Adzman Shah received an award for Eminent Contribution to the Property Management Industry in Malaysia in 2011 and Property Manager of the Year for 2016 award from the Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers. He was also recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 from the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia. He was awarded the Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (S.I.S) medal by the HRH Sultan of Selangor in 2018 Sr Adzman Shah was also a member of the drafting Committee for the Strata Management Act 2013 (Act 757) and Regulations 2015 and the Malaysian Property Management Standards
2014. He also co-wrote a book titled ‘Strata OMG – Panduan Pemilik Strata (Strata Owners Manual Guidebook)’.

He is currently the CEO/Chief Real Estate Consultant of ExaStrata Solutions Sdn Bhd.