Management
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Tan Sri Dato' Azman bin Hj. Mokhtar, Managing Director
Tan Sri Dato' Azman bin Hj. Mokhtar was appointed as Managing Director of Khazanah Nasional in June 2004.
Between 1994 and 1998, he was a Director and Head of Research for Union Bank of Switzerland in Malaysia. Between 1998 and 2002, he was Director and Head of Research at Salomon Smith Barney in Malaysia. From 2002 until May 2004, he was the Managing Director of BinaFikir Sdn. Bhd.
Tan Sri Dato' Azman Mokhtar graduated with distinction in M. Phil in Development Studies from Darwin College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom as a Chevening scholar. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom and is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. He also holds a graduate diploma in Islamic Studies from the International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur.
Dato' Mohammad Zainal Shaari – Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer
Dato' Mohammad Zainal Shaari was appointed as Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer of Khazanah Nasional in February 2006. He joined Khazanah Nasional in October 2004 as its Director in the Managing Director's Office and Chief Risk Officer. Dato' Mohammad Zainal is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Malaysia and subsequent to that he was Executive Director at BinaFikir. Dato' Mohammad Zainal is primarily in charge of the operations and internal management of Khazanah Nasional, in addition to specific duties in investment management and monitoring, risk management and various strategy functions in the Managing Director’s Office.
Ganen Sarvananthan – Executive Director, Investments
Ganen Sarvananthan was appointed as Khazanah Nasional’s Executive Director, Investments in February 2006. Ganen joined Khazanah Nasional in October 2004 as a Director, Investments. He is a barrister-at-law and a member of Lincoln's Inn, London, having graduated with LLB (Hons) from University College London, United Kingdom. Prior to joining Khazanah Nasional, he was Director, Equity Capital Markets at UBS Investment Bank, Hong Kong having previously served UBS Investment Banking/Corporate Finance Departments in London and Singapore. Ganen is primarily responsible in overseeing new investments and divestments in targeted sectors and geographies.
Ben Chan – Executive Director, Investments
Ben is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (with merit) from the University of New South Wales. Ben joined the investment industry shortly after he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Between 1992 and 1996, Ben researched the China and Hong Kong markets with Cazenove & Co and ING Barings in Hong Kong, where he was the Head of China Research. He returned to Malaysia in 1996 and served as Director of Research with several investment houses, covering the Malaysia and Singapore markets
Michael Jude Fernandez – Executive Director, Investments
Michael Jude Fernandez joined Khazanah Nasional as Executive Director, Investments Division in April 2008. Prior to Khazanah, Michael was an Executive Director and Member of the Board of Nicholas Piramal India Ltd (NPIL), the second largest pharmaceutical healthcare company in India, and was in charge of its custom manufacturing business group. Among his key achievements were the acquisition and integration of businesses in the UK and Canada with sales of USD200 million, developed the organisation with a well-working matrix structure, implemented a new EVA-driven incentive structure and established strategic business units. Prior to NPIL, Michael spent 13 years as a consultant with McKinsey and Company. He was part of the leadership group of the pharmaceutical & healthcare practice in Asia/ Global and leader of select high profile public policy & retail work in India/ Asia. Michael obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in 1993 and BSc. (Hons) in Economics from St Xavier’s College, Calcutta University in 1991.
Tunku Mahmood Fawzy bin Tunku Muhiyiddin – Executive Director, Investments
Fawzy Muhiyiddin was appointed as Khazanah Nasional’s Director, Investments in May 2007. He holds a BA (Hon) degree in Business Studies from the Polytechnic of Central London, an MBA from Warwick University and a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Management. Fawzy has an alumnus relationship with the Warwick Business School Alumni Association, and the London Business School Alumni Association in the United Kingdom.
Fawzy started out as a foreign exchange analyst with NCR UK Limited and then move to Svenska Handelsbanken in the City of London as a risk analyst on their SWAPS and Derivatives desk in London. He then joined Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd in 1990 and worked primarily within the retail business. Fawzy was cross posted to Shell New Zealand Limited for 18 months in 1991. In 1997, he joined a small investment holding company, Wira Security Holdings Sdn Bhd as executive director and later on to Tajo Bhd as chief executive officer. In 2000, Fawzy joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as executive director and in 2002, Fawzy became the managing director and chief executive officer of Engen Limited, an integrated oil company in South Africa. He was appointed non-executive director of Energy Africa Limited (until January 2004), and was a member of the board of Governors of the South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA). Fawzy left Engen in June 2005. Fawzy was previously the CEO of MMM Bhd, a position that he has since left in January of 2007.
Shahnaz Al-Sadat Abdul Mohsein – Executive Director, Strategic Human Capital Management
Shahnaz Al-Sadat Abdul Mohsein holds an LLB (Hons.) degree from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland. She is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). She began her career in Arthur Andersen in Audit, Corporate Finance and Process Risk Consulting. Thereafter, she joined Malaysia Airlines Berhad where she was General Manager, Internal Audit and a member of the Management Committee. She joined Khazanah Nasional Berhad in August 2004 as Director and Chief Financial Officer. She is currently the Executive Director, Strategic Human Capital Management.
Nungsari Ahmad Radhi – Executive Director, Research and Investment Strategy
Nungsari Ahmad Radhi joined Khazanah as Executive Director, Research and Investment Strategy in February 2007.
After ten years in academia, he resigned as Dean of the School of Economics at Universiti Utara Malaysia before winning a Parliamentary Seat in 1995. Besides representing the Malaysian Parliament in a number of international organisations, he was also a Board member of Bank Pertanian Malaysia, Yayasan Pelajaran MARA and the National Library. Prior to joining Khazanah, he had a brief stint at Sime Darby Berhad and was an Associate Director of Innovation Associates before that. His areas of interest have been in industrial organisation, applied game theory and public economics. He also writes regularly for The Edge and the most recent book he edited is on New Challenges Facing Poverty Eradication and Rural Development (2005), another subject close to his heart. He holds a PhD from the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University.
Mohd Nadziruddin bin Mohd Basri – Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer
Mohd Nadziruddin joined Khazanah as its Chief Financial Officer in June 2007. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from the London School of Economics and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He had been a Senior Manager with the Assurance and Business Advisory Division of Ernst & Young, when he was seconded to Malaysia Airlines in July 2001 to assist Management with the restructuring of the airline. He subsequently joined the airline as a permanent staff in April 2003 where his last position was Senior General Manager – Airport Operations.
