KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 3): Nationwide Express Holdings Bhd has appointed Wan Mohamed Den Wan Mohamed Zin as its new chief executive officer (CEO) effective today.

Wan Mohamed Den, 67, takes over from Mohd Khairi Abdul Aziz, 55, who resigned last November due to his health condition.

In a bourse announcement today, Nationwide Express said Wan Mohamed Den served as CEO of Nationwide Express Courier Services Bhd until March 2003. Prior to that, he was in Fima Bhd as vice president of logistics.

He was appointed as the president of the Association of Malaysian Express Carriers in 2002.

Preceding that, he served as vice-chairman of the Brunei Association of Banks from 1988 to 1989, and president of the Malaysian Association of Courier Services from 1995 to 1997.

Shares of Nationwide Express closed unchanged at 18.5 sen today, giving the group a market capitalisation of RM123.24 million.