ENCIK HISHAM BIN ZAINAL MOKHTAR

Malaysia

Male

61

Member of Risk Committee

Independent and Non Executive

1. Professional Qualification - Financial Analyst [Chartered Financial Analyst Institute]

2. Masters - Business Administration [Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, United States of America]

3. Masters - Mathematics [Illinois State University, United States of America]

4. Degree - Mathematics [Illinois State University, United States of America]

Hisham bin Zainal Mokhtar is currently a Director in the Group Managing Director's Office at Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad Group since July 2018 and a Business Coach at Asia School of Business since August 2018.
He was the Chief Operating Officer with Astro Overseas Limited from July 2014 until June 2018 and Director in the Investments Division at Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah) from April 2009 to June 2014. He joined Khazanah in May 2005 from Tricubes Berhad where he was an Executive Director and Vice President of Corporate and Financing Planning. He started his career in the insurance industry at Universal Life and General Insurance in 1987 and after that William M Mercer Sdn Bhd in 1988 before becoming an investment analyst initially with Crosby Research (M) Sdn Bhd in 1991 before joining Barings Research (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd in 1994 and subsequently, UBS Research (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd in 1996.
In 1998, he became a financial consultant at Sithe Pacific LLC, a regional independent power producer before he ventured out to set up a boutique investment advisory firm, KE Malaysia Capital Partners Sdn Bhd with another partner.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Mathematics from Illinois State University, US in 1984 and 1986 respectively and a Master of Business Administration from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US under the Sloan Fellows Program at the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2010. He is also a certified financial analyst (CFA) charterholder.

1. Telekom Malaysia Berhad (Public Listed)
2. CIMB-Principal Asset Management Berhad
3. CIMB Principal Islamic Asset Management Berhad