No shortage of activity at national carmaker Proton with regards to changes in management and key personnel – last week, it was announced that Proton Holdings was getting a new CEO, and two days ago, Proton chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed announced his resignation from the post.
Now, we hear that there are some changes at Proton Edar as well. Apparently, CEO Norzahid Mohd Zahudi – who was appointed as Edar’s CEO in October 2014 – has been assigned to Proton Holdings’ CEO office as a special officer, and replacing him in the position at Edar is Proton Holdings’ chief financial officer (CFO), Rohime Shafie.
As reported previously, the new man in the Proton Holdings hot seat – effective from today – is Datuk Ahmad Fuaad Kenali, who was previously DRB-HICOM’s CFO. He replaces Datuk Abdul Harith Abdullah, who was appointed to the post of CEO in April 2014.
In the announcement made on March 24, the company also said that a new deputy CEO had been appointed – Datuk Radzaif Mohamed, currently DRB-HICOM COO in charge of Automotive Distribution & Manufacturing, is the new No 2 at the national carmaker.
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Where is PROTON PERDANA? 2016 Q1 already finished, now Q2 2016 leh, HAAHAHAHA typical proton.
Sudah siap . Ayah saya kerja Proton. Dia ade ambil gambar dan duduk dalam Perdana baru. Memang cantik…
Ayah saya kata 500unit dah siap sebab nombor chasis dia dah 500
Gempak kan Proton boleh buat kereta??? You ingat buat kereta senang ke?? Engineer Proton bijak bijak you know. Hidup Proton. Saya harap ayah saya beli satu Perdana 2.4L
Dulu dia dah beli Suprima S. Best saya bawak. Mmg berbaloi
New Teana is beautiful but Perdana is much nicer. Other D segmenter jepunis cars are very hideous.
You are more hideous than this CEO
You must be fan of jepunis hideous cars. Lol
OMG…PERDANA is much nicer? i think ur eye sight got problem…haha
Honda Accord dgn Mitsubishi Lancer…
OMG…the new P.Perdana more than RM100K who wanna buy? Only rich P1 supporters will buy….Nanti close shop ..habis, RV down to drains.
Habis you ingat cari duit senang ke? Kutip kat tepi longkang? You tak tau cam mana susah nak cr duit, tiba2 dtg proton suruh kerajaan naikkan harga kereta lain. Paksa org beli kereta proton yg x ada kualiti… Bkn aku yg ckp kereta proton x ada kualiti. Menteri yg ckp. Mcm mn menteri tahu, sbb proton sendiri mengaku kereta dia ada isu kualiti. Jd buat apa cerita panjang? Tutup aje proton.
You almost forget p2 lousy safety quality while they also got protection. Andd clearly you dun drive newer p1 with better quality cars.
Ayah ko kerja Proton? Patut la Perdana sampai sekarang tak launch lagi.
Whatever O you wanna put there nobody care about Proton. We just want you to close down. Najib please shut down Proton for the sake of 32 million people. We want foreign cars price to be reduced by 30-50% and we will vote for you and every elections. We just want cheap cars!
Can close. In your dream.
kalau kita pandai beli je..sampai bila jadi bodo tech. Sabar la..US yg keluar Ford pun kalah dgn Jepun. Kalau Sabar..rajin..insallah jafi mcm Korea sekarang
“Rajin” term cannot be associated with Proton. I am a Proton customer for my first car. Even if you can prove your car has something wrong, the technicians will tell no problem sbb malas nak order spare part.
Wah, just by reducing car prices, people will vote for najib and the pakatan can close shop ah?
Passed by suzuki outlet now selling p1 cars… looks desolate n lifeless now…
No amount of COO or CEO changes can save ailing protong.
The car enthusiasts have already MIGRATED to buy Perodua and the other Japanese marques.
They got tired of the RM1.5 Billion Grant fiasco,that protong is begging the botak to give.
When a company has QC,management,finance problems and low staff moral,are you willing to buy any Proton vehicle? You may end up with a half baked car.
The only promotion worth fanboys considering is “BUY 1 PERSONA,FREE 1 SAGA OR BUY 1 SUPRIMA,FREE 1 IRIZ.”
I have suprima s. Very great car. Enjoy every second drive it. Car enthusiast move to Perodua? You sure? If perodua have lotus ride and handling, solid ride , 5 star ancap than I can consider.
Lets face it, the best selling Proton model is the Saga and this Saga also ‘kena ketuk’ by P2’s Axia, not the Suprima or the Presona, like that how to survive the next 50 years?
Sales number dont mean it is good
Axia sell more than honda and toyota meaning axia very good car lah kann…hihihi
“Proton will still operated for next 50 years”
What f..up English is this?
Proton may not last 5 months if the Arab Santa or gomen refuse to assist cancer stricken Proton.
MY poor friend at Proton Shah Alam said suppliers are daily trying to see the stupid CFO to get payment.
Proton has become a BAD PAYMASTER,in HOKKIEN..simply ‘CHOW KAR’.
Rating agencies HAve BLACKLISTED poor Protong.
Whats the point of Lotus ride and handling,if nobody wants to buy your car,Proton?
Lotus is also going for bankruptcy protection very soon,you stupid fool.
Great, another spineless puppet for proton.
Brainless comment
25 x 25 = 675
Beli Persona bila bawak ada rasa goyang, bawa SC dia kata tak ada apa, semua ok…
Two accounting based CFO running the holding and distribution national car company. Interesting………….
We shall soon see new car club… Ori Honda Club and Tak Ori Hondana Club
Last time like that la…Lancer club konon…ori sahaja…
Last2, Inspira club lagi big…jemput lancer 2-3 ketul masuk…kesian…
Biasalah, Prodon
Minister claimed business model not sustainable so CEO should start looking at closing down the company.
Its all over before it begins! Sigh.. the mastermind for the new Perdana is Tun Mahathir. I personally think Nurzahid is doing a good job over the last half a year to get back the sales in Proton. Its insane that suddenly they remove him and put Rohime in charge instead. Also, the appointment of DrB hicom Chief Financial officer as the new CEO of Proton is going to be the undoing of Proton. The moment and excitement of Proton this year is going to die off becauae they will continue with the same old philosophy-making cheap quality cars. Also everyone who deals with DRB Hicom knows who dato radzaif is. Its such a shame.. what the heck is the new MD of Drb hicom thinking putting these ppl in charge?? What the heck is Tan sri Syed Mokhtar thinking.. sigh..
Proton is OVERDUE to close shop. Nuff said
Good luck Mr CEO..mr founder also gone…
Please close Proton ASAP. Don’t waste time waster our money!!!!!!!
great, so this CEO will be here to leverage on the up swing of Proton. easy work…
the only option left for proton is to close down the company. for umpteen years, sucking public money directly or indirectly. tell me, how on earth a multi billion company to survive(unless with G assistance) if they don’t even have a sustainability business model to move forward.
Another one who knows nothing about auto manufacturing.