Management Team
K. Selveswaran
Executive Director
His experience in the real estate sector is accredited to his tenure with an established real estate firm between 1986 and 1994. In addition, he has many years of experiences as board member in a healthcare company which involved in a Government Concession of providing maintenance services of bio-medical equipment for Government hospitals.
K. Selveswaran became a part of the “PinePac” family when the Group was going through a diversifying phase of its business in 1994.
In 1995, he joined Benta Plantations Berhad, now known as “PinePac”, as General Manager and was later seconded to Mun Loong Bhd, a major retail subsidiary as Senior General Manager. He was then holding a senior management role overseeing the oil palm plantation and managing a retail commercial development project. With years of experience and knowledge, he was then appointed as the Group Executive Vice President in 2011 and later the Executive Director in 2019.
Tuan Haji Abd Latip Mohd Zain
Plantation Director
Tuan Haji Abd Latip Mohd Zain was appointed as Plantation Director on Sime Darby Plantation Berhad “Sime Darby” in 1997. His main line of business in “Sime Darby” allowed him to obtain extensive knowledge in terms of management and hands-on experience in oil palm plantations, cocoa, and rubber. He has been involved in the agriculture industry for close to 30 years. Abd Latip also served as a Board member of Consolidated Plantations Bhd as well as President Director of PT Sime Indo Agro, among many other subsidiaries of Sime Darby both in Malaysia and overseas.
Abd Latip is best known for his work in the overall management and profitability of Sime Darby Plantations’ estates, which are located in Malaysia and Indonesia. His contributions to the company was instrumental in the implementation of the extensive mechanization programme, which in turn allowed Sime Darby to be recognized as one of the most cost-efficient plantation companies in Malaysia. Abd Latip’s masterstroke is his widespread experience in corporate financing, especially for new developments of oil palm plantations as well as its downstream activities.
Abd Latip joined into the ranks of Pinehill Pacific Berhad “PinePac” in 2007 and serves as Plantation Director.
Ragesh Rajendran
Group Financial Controller
Mr. Ragesh Rajendran, age 56, is the Group Financial Controller of Pinehill Pacific Berhad. He is responsible for the Group’s financial functions, which include financial planning, review and reporting.
He obtained his Master of Business Administration from RMIT University, Australia in 2007. He is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 1993. He is also a certified HRDF trainer and has a practising certificate to act as a company secretary.
In November 1989, he began his career as an Accounts Executive in Tradium Group of Companies (“Tradium”) and was promoted to Group Accountant in 1993. During his tenure in Tradium, he was involved in overseeing the finance and accounting function for the whole group. In February 1993 he left Tradium and joined Esso Production Malaysia Inc. as a Senior Associate Accountant and was involved in financial reporting for downstream companies and subsequently in billing of gas supplies and oil and gas allocation for upstream operations of Esso.
In December 1997, he joined Star Media Group Berhad as a Management Accountant. He was subsequently promoted to Finance Manager and Head of Finance Department, Senior Manager, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Group Chief Financial Officer in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively. During his tenure with Star Media Group Berhad, he was responsible for the overall finance and accounting function of the whole group including quarterly reporting to Bursa Malaysia, risk management and investor relations.
In February 2020, he left Star Media Group Berhad and was subsequently involved in conducting some training programmes for SME Corp. He joined Ukay Builders Sdn Bhd in January 2021 as Chief Financial Officer and was overall responsible for the finance function and project financing for the company. He left Ukay Builders Sdn Bhd on 30 April 2023 and assumed his current position at Pinehill Pacific Berhad on 15 May 2023.
N. Amarution
Vice President - Plantation Operations
With a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Australia and an MBA from Trinity College, UK, Amarution joined Pinehill Pacific Berhad “PinePac” and brought along a technical know-how & expertise. Amarution’s career has taken him across various oil palm related scenarios such as the commissioning of oil palm mills, opening of cast phosphate mines, and oil palm factory management. He has an illustrious career spanning an excess of 30 years.
In the span of his career he has been involved in the establishment of plantations and mills in both Malaysia and in terrains as challenging as Papua New Guinea. In addition to all that, Amarution is a member of the Institute of Business Administration & Management (IBAM), in the United Kingdom.
N.Amarution joined the Pinehill Pacific Berhad “PinePac” family in 1997 and now serves as Vice President of Plantation Operations, specializing in agriculture.