Tan Sri Nazir Razak

Tan Sri Nazir Razak, one of Malaysia’s top executives, is responsible for CIMB Group’s meteoric rise during his illustrious career. Under his leadership, Nazir transformed CIMB from a local investment bank into the fifth largest universal bank in ASEAN by assets and a world leader in Islamic finance.

A passionate advocate of ASEAN economic integration, he is now the chairman of Ikhlas Capital, a private equity fund manager dedicated to partnering and growing companies that positively impact the development of the ASEAN region. In 2021, he was appointed non-executive chairman of Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad (BPMB) and PLS Plantations.

The youngest son of Malaysia’s second prime minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, Nazir recently released his memoir What’s in a Name, which recounted his experiences of growing up in one of the country’s most prominent political families.