1 MDB's 3-tiered governance means PM Najib as paramount chairman is responsible for all wrongdoing,as are the rest of the board of advisors

by Ganesh Sahathevan

The Parliament Of Malaysia's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has all but pointed the finger of blame for the 1 MDB scandal at PM Najib,while simultaneously declaring him not responsible for the legion of wrongdoing it has uncovered.

However, 1 MDB's corporate governance structure means that the board of directors cannot be held solely responsible, the board of advisors that sits above it is also to blame.


The following are extracts from 1 MDB's website.The headline statement is taken to mean that all three levels ,the Senior Leadership Team, the Board of Directors, and the Board of Advisors, are all components of the the company's structure of governance.Any argument to the contrary which may be based on the ordinary understanding of corporate governance cannot hold against a statement by the company itself. Readers should be aware that 1 MDB made a conscious effort to incorporate the board of advisors into its governance structure and place it above the board of directors. By contrast ,the Government Of Singapore Investment Corporation has an international advisory board, that sits below the board of directors ,and has a specific subsidiary role.



1  MDB has a three-tiered governance comprising a Board of Advisors, a Board of Directors 

and a Senior Leadership Team.

 

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CHAIRMAN
YAB DATO’ SRI MOHD NAJIB TUN HAJI ABDUL RAZAK
Prime Minister &; Finance Minister of Malaysia
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SPECIAL ADVISOR
HIS EXCELLENCY SHEIKH HAMAD BIN JASSIM BIN JABR AL-THANI
Former Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar
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YB TAN SRI DATO’ NOR MOHAMED YAKCOP
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YBHG TAN SRI MOHD SIDEK HASSAN
Chairman, Petronas
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YBHG TAN SRI DR. ALI BIN HAMSA
Chief Secretary, Government of Malaysia
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YBHG TAN SRI DR. MOHD IRWAN SERIGAR ABDULLAH
Secretary-General, Ministry of Finance
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TAN SRI DATUK DR. ABDUL SAMAD HAJI ALIAS
Chairman of Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia (PIDM)
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HIS EXCELLENCY KHALDOON KHALIFA AL MUBARAK
Chairman, Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Mubadala Development Company
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BERNARD ARNAULT
Group Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton
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CHANG ZHENMING
Chairman & President, CITIC Group of China


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