DATUK DR MD HAMZAH BIN MD KASSIM

Malaysia

Male

75

Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Independent and Non Executive

PhD in Business and Master's degree in Business Administration.

Datuk Hamzah specializes in large scale institutional and business transformation, working across several sectors including banks, telecommunication companies, public institutions and foreign governments and is the Co-founder/Group Executive Officer of iA Group established in 2002, specializing in business and public sector transformation, technology and human capital.
Prior to the iA Group, he was the Executive Director/Partner of international firm of Ernst & Young, Vice President and Country Head of the global consulting firm of Cap Gemini and member of the global management team and Country Head of PA Consulting Group.
Prior to joining the consulting industry, Datuk Hamzah held various senior positions in the government for over 18 years where he served in the field of industrial R&D management and public policy on technology development and innovation. He also served as a member of expert/advisory groups in various national and international organizations such as United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah. He was the Project Director for the Industrial Technology Master Plan for Malaysia in the Institute of Strategic and International Studies and subsequently took up the position as Director of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment.
In 2006, Datuk Hamzah was appointed as the consulting advisor to the National Implementation Task Force to oversee the 9th Malaysia Development Plan and in 2009 he was appointed as member of the National Economic Advisory Council. Datuk Hamzah was a member of the Review and Operational Panel to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission from 2013 to February 2015. In 2015, he was appointed as member of the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board.
Datuk Hamzah is currently a board member of University Kebangsaan Malaysia and Heriot Watt University Malaysia. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad on 15 December 2015.

Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad