Vice Admiral Datuk Khairul Anuar bin Yahya (RTD) is the Chairman of Preston Shipyard Sdn Bhd. He was born in 8th April 1960 at Taiping, Perak. He had his early education in Singapore and later at Tunku Abdul Rahman Technical High School in Penang. His highest educations obtained are Master of Arts in Defence and Master of Science in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and National Defence University, Washington DC.
He joined the Royal Malaysian Navy in 1978 and was appointed as the Acting Sub-Lieutenant of the Executive Branch back then in 1981. His early career focused mainly on training at Malaysia and abroad which enabled him to gain expertise in the Electronic and Communication Warfare. He served for 40 years in Navy and his last position in his serving was as Deputy Chief of the Royal Malaysian Navy.







