Riad Asmat (born 17 November 1971 in

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) is a Malaysian businessman. He is the son of

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Chairman Tan Sri Datuk Asmat Kamaludin. He is the former CEO of the

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and Team Principal of the Caterham Racing GP2 team.

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and fellow shareholders

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and SM Nasarudin later promoted Asmat to Group CEO of

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for

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, Caterham Racing, merchandising, engineering and all related interests. , Asmat is CEO of

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Group.

Career

The team announced the appointment of Asmat as the

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of 1Malaysia F1 Team Sdn. Bhd. (1MF1T). Asmat, 38 years old, was formerly working in the managing director's office of

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. In

in 2006. Asmat also managed the company's involvement in

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References

{{Caterham F1 Living people A1 Grand Prix people 1971 births Formula One managers People from Petaling Jaya