KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 4): SC Estate Builder Bhd (SCBuild) has appointed the Kedah palace's head of ceremony, Datuk Bijaya Indera Datuk Paduka Syed Unan Mashri Syed Abdullah, as an independent and non-executive director of the group with effect from Tuesday (Jan 4).

He served as deputy secretary to the Kedah state government, private secretary to the Sultan of Kedah, secretary to the chief minister of Kedah, financial officer and also secretary to the Kedah state between 1979 and 2018.

Meanwhile, he was also palace comptroller from 2009 to 2018.

According to SCBuild's filing, he is also a member of the Kedah State Zakat Board, vice president of the Royal Kedah Club and acting chairman of Yayasan Universiti Islam Sultan Abdul Halim.

In addition, Syed Unan Mashri, 70, is also a trustee of the Yayasan Sultanah Bahiyah charitable organisation in Alor Setar.

As at midday on Tuesday, SCBuild shares settled up one sen or 13.33% at 8.5 sen with a market capitalisation of RM85.59 million.