KUALA LUMPUR: Ahmad Zaki Resources Bhd said its founder Tan Sri Wan Zaki Wan Muda has stepped down from his post as executive vice chairman effective July 1.

       The company's 72-year old single largest shareholder would remained as a board member.

       "Tan Sri Wan Zaki will stay on as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of AZRB as well as assuming the role of AZRB Group Adviser effective the same date," the construction firm said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia today.