Founding Partner & Chairman
Prior to co-founding Ikhlas, Nazir led CIMB as Group CEO (1999 - 2014) and Chairman (2014 - 2018), transforming it into ASEAN's fifth largest universal bank and a global leader in Islamic finance. He served on the EPF Investment Panel and the boards of Khazanah Nasional and Bank Pembangunan Malaysia. Nazir has received prestigious international awards as a banker and corporate leader, and is a passionate advocate of ASEAN, having founded the ASEAN Business Club. He is Chairman of ASEAN-BAC Malaysia and holds a BSc from Bristol University and an MPhil from Cambridge University.