[FINTEC] Chairman APPOINTMENT - DATO' SERI ABDUL AZIM BIN MOHD ZABIDI on 02-Dec-2015

Announcement Date
02-Dec-2015
Board Member Information:
Date of Change
02-Dec-2015
Type of Change
APPOINTMENT
Designation
Chairman
Directorate
Independent and Non Executive
Age
56
Nationality
Malaysia
Qualification
1. Master of Arts in Business Law from London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom; and
2. Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.
Working Experience
Dato' Seri Abdul Azim Bin Mohd Zabidi was a Chairman of Bank Simpanan Nasional ("BSN"), a Malaysia's National Savings Bank. 

Growing from his work with BSN, Dato' Seri Abdul Azim was also active in the work undertaken by the Brussels based World Savings Banks Institute ("WSBI"). In year 2000, he was appointed as President (Asia Pacific) for WSBI and in year 2003, he was elevated to its Board of Directors. In addition, he was elected as Vice President and Treasurer of WSBI from September 2006 until April 2009.

A long association with the unit trusts/mutual funds and fund management industry culminated in his election as President of the Federation of Malaysian Unit Trust Managers, a post held from year 1998 to year 2003. During this period, he was appointed as Member of the Steering Committee of the International Investment Funds Association ("IIFA"), Montreal, Canada, a post held by him until 2008. From year 2007 to year 2008,  he was elected as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of IIFA.

Dato' Seri Abdul Azim has served in numerous capacities at all levels of the United Malays National Organisation ("UMNO"), the senior party in the coalition that has ruled Malaysia since Independence in 1957. In year 2004, he was appointed as the party's Treasurer by the former Prime Minister and UMNO President, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He was also designated Treasurer General of Barisan Nasional, or National Front, Malaysia's multi-ethnic ruling coalition. Earlier, he was elected to UMNO's Supreme Council in year 2000.

He was also a member of the National Economic Consultative Council II, where he served on the Islamic Banking and Finance Committee. He was also selected by the Securities Commission to be a member of its Capital Market Advisory Council. He was invited by Bursa Malaysia Berhad to be a member of its Index Committee and Deputy Chairman of its Board of Advisors for the Malaysian Central Depository.
Directorship of Public Companies
1. XOX Berhad; 
2. Wang-Zheng Berhad; 
3. Timberwell Berhad; and
4. Anzo Holdings Berhad
Family Relationship
Nil
Conflict of Interest
Nil
Interest
Nil
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