Datuk Mastura Binti Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Yazid
Independent Non-Executive Director of Winstar Capital, is a distinguished legal professional and former Member of Parliament, with expertise in law, governance, and public service spanning over three decades
Datuk Mastura, a Malaysian female aged 63, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of our Company. She was appointed to our Board on 15 May 2024.
Datuk Mastura graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Law) from University of Kent, United Kingdom in 1984 and was admitted into the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the Degree of an Utter Barrister in 1985. She was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1987. In 1990, she graduated with a Diploma in Syariah Law and Practice from International Islamic University Malaysia. Subsequently, she graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology from Open University Malaysia in 2013.
She began her career as a partner of the law firm of Yazid Baba & Partners and had been practicing as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya until 2016.
In 2016, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Constituency of Kuala Kangsar. In 2020 to 2022, she was appointed as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions). Her duties include, among others, carrying out her duties as Deputy Minister as well as assists in answering questions and debates in Parliament for the Prime Minister Department (Special Functions).