TAN SRI DR NIK NORZRUL THANI BIN N. HASSAN THANI

Malaysia

Male

63

Chairman

Independent and Non Executive

2013 - Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (University of New South Wales & Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) 2006 - Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) 1993 - Ph.D. in Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1991 - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom) – passed the graduate entrance course 1990 - Program of Instruction for Lawyers (PIL), Harvard Law School 1987 - Post-graduate Diploma in Syariah Law and Practice (with Distinction), International Islamic University of Malaysia 1986 - Admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya 1985 - Called to the Honorable Bar of England and Wales 1985 - Masters in Law (LLM), Queen Mary College, University of London 1985 - Barrister at Law (Lincoln’s Inn) 1984 - Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Buckingham, United Kingdom 1983 - Chartered Institute of Marketing (United Kingdom), completed the professional Chartered Institute of Marketing exams whilst he pursued Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Buckingham

Tan Sri Dr. Nik Norzrul Thani began his legal career with an international law firm, Baker & McKenzie, Singapore. In 2017, he was appointed Chairman of the Malaysia-Singapore Business Council by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia. He is currently a consultant at Malaysias largest law firm (which is also a member of KPMGs
Global Legal Services network), Zaid Ibrahim & Co. His areas of expertise include providing legal advice on Islamic finance, banking, offshore finance, debt restructuring, as well as international, corporate and commercial law.
Tan Sri Dr Nik Norzrul Thani also oversees debt and corporate restructuring transactions and the issuance of private debt securities, encompassing Islamic financial instruments for both domestic and international clients.

Public Companies
1) Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad
2) Cagamas Holdings Berhad
3) Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad
4) MARC Ratings Berhad
5) Zico Trust (M) Berhad
Listed Issuers
1) SD Guthrie Berhad (formerly known as Sime Darby Plantation Berhad)
2) T7 Global Berhad
3) Pertama Digital Berhad