Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar

Chairman, Cypark Resources Berhad and IOI Corporation Berhad and Former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economic Planning).

PROFILE

Tan Sri Wahid is a former Minister and one of the most accomplished corporate leaders in Malaysia having successfully led as CEO three major organisations in infrastructure development (UEM Group 2001-2004), telecommunications (Telekom Malaysia 2004- 2008) and financial services (Maybank 2008-2013). He recently retired as Chairman of Bursa Malaysia (2020-2025) and had served as Group Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB 2016-2018).

An advocate of Sustainability & Islamic finance, he is also currently the Pro Chancellor of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia and INCEIF University, as well as the Sultan bin Abdulaziz Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He is a chartered accountant with membership from ACCA, ICAEW and MIA.