
Asri, who was appointed as chairman of 1MDB, is also the current deputy secretary-general overseeing government investment at the Treasury.
The ministry has also appointed an executive committee (exco) led by accounting firm Grant Thornton Malaysia to operate SSER, a wholly-owned Minister of Finance Inc subsidiary set up to undertake the Multi-Product Pipeline and the Trans-Sabah Gas Pipeline projects.
The Minister of Finance Inc, the sole shareholder of SSER, took control of SSER offices on June 5 this year.
The newly formed exco members of SSER are Wan Mohd Fadzmi Wan Othman (former CEO of Agrobank), Hooi Kok Mun (senior partner at Grant Thornton Malaysia), and Faisal@Pisal Abdul Ghani (finance ministry).
Effective June 25, 2018, Grant Thornton Malaysia will manage SSER’s daily operations led by Kishan Jasani, a partner at Grant Thornton Malaysia.