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Robert James "Bob" Sharpless is an Australian businessman who is currently Deputy Chairman of the Springfield Land Corporation. He has also worked as a civil engineer and Chairman of the Brisbane Lions.

Early life
Meranun was born in either 1960 or 1961. He is a Minangkabau descent from Gugukrendah, Agam, West Sumatera. He received a Diploma in Actuarial Science from Universiti Teknologi MARA and received the Life Insurance Institute of Malaysia Best Actuarial Student award in 1983.

Business career
From 1988 to 1993, Meranun worked for the Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank as a Portfolio Manager. He then moved in 1994 to Innosabah Executive Management as Executive Director. He was appointed Director of AirAsia in 2001, then as Executive director in 2004, then as Deputy CEO in 2005. He took on the role of Treasurer on top of that in 2012. Later that year, he moved into the role of Director, then moved to the role of Chairman of AirAsia in 2013, a role which he still holds as of 2016. He was appointed CEO of AirAsia X in 2015. He is also a board member of the Queens Park Rangers Football Club.

Honours
Meranun received the Darjah Panglima Jasa Negara in 2013 from Yang di-Pertuan Agong. This gives him the title of Datuk.