TAN SRI DATO' SERI ZULKEFLI BIN AHMAD MAKINUDIN

Malaysia

Male

72

Member of Nomination Committee

Independent and Non Executive

Tan Sri Dato' Seri Zulkefli had a long and distinguished career in the Malaysian judiciary. He started his legal career in year 1976 as the Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Attorney General's Chambers and later as the Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department in Kuala Lumpur. He was then appointed as a Federal Counsel of Income Tax Department in Kuala Lumpur and thereafter acted as a Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Housing and Local Government until year 1984. He subsequently served in various roles, amongst others, as a Senior Federal Counsel of Income Tax Department, Senior Federal Counsel of Sarawak, State Legal Advisor of Johor, State Legal Advisor of Selangor as well as the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Prime Ministers Department.
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Zulkefli was elevated to the High Court bench as a Judicial Commissioner in November 1994 and served at Perak High Court. He was subsequently appointed as a High Court Judge and served at the High Courts in Perak, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. His elevation to the Court of Appeal took place in June 2005 as a Judge of the Court of Appeal and on 5 September 2007, he took his appointment as a Federal Court Judge.
In September 2011, he was appointed as the Chief Judge of the High Court of Malaya, the third highest judicial office in Malaysia. On 1 April 2017, he was appointed to occupy the second highest judicial office in Malaysia, becoming the President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia until his retirement in 2018.
On 12 March 2021, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Zulkefli was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor to the High Court of Malaya. Tan Sri is currently serving as a Judge in the Syariah Court of Appeal in Perak and as an Arbitrator and Mediator of Asian International Arbitration Centre.