Tan Sri Wahid Appointed Senior Independent Director At IOI Corp

IOI Corporation Berhad appoints Tan Sri Abdul Wahid as the group’s Senior Independent non executive director effective June 16.

Tan Sri Wahid is no stranger to the corporate having served in various capacities. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He was the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UEM Group Berhad in October 2001, where he led a successful turnaround of Malaysia’s largest infrastructure conglomerate (which owned PLUS Expressways). Subsequently, he became the Group Chief Executive Officer of Telekom Malaysia Berhad in July 2004, leading TM’s regional expansion in mobile communications, until its demerger with Axiata Group Berhad in April 2008.

Tan Sri Abdul Wahid then joined Malayan Banking Berhad as the President and Chief Executive Officer from May 2008 to June 2013. During his tenure, he was appointed as Chairman of The Association of Banks in Malaysia. Thereafter, he was appointed as a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Economic Planning from June 2013 to June 2016. He was also a former Group Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad from August 2016 to June 2018. On 30 April 2025, Tan Sri Abdul Wahid completed his 5-year tenure as Chairman of Bursa Malaysia Berhad.

He currently serves as the Board Chairman of Cypark Resources Berhad and the Chairman of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Malaysia and MySDG Foundation, Pro-Chancellor of Islamic Science University of Malaysia, Professor of Practice at International Center for Education in Islamic Finance, Adjunct Professor of Universiti Poly-Tech Malaysia, and Sultan bin Abdulaziz Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, United Kingdom. He is also a member of Majlis Kebangsaan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam, Pahang Net Zero Council and the Sarawak Economic Action Council; Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the Economic Club Kuala Lumpur, and an Advisory Council member of the Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong and Macau).