Allianz Malaysia Berhad has appointed Dr. Muhammed bin Abdul Khalid as the group’s non-independent director with effect from 15 July 2022.
He was formerly the Economic Adviser to the former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, and a Member of the Economic Action Council from 2018 to 2020. Currently, Dr. Muhammed is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies of University Kebangsaan Malaysia, a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, and an Adjunct Professor at the Center for Policy Research and International Studies of University Sains Malaysia.
Dr. Muhammed is also a member of the Honorary Council of Advisors at the European-Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Economic Committee of Malaysia Competition Commission and has also served as a consultant for the World Bank, United Nations Development Program (“UNDP”), United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
He had also served as Director of Research at Khazanah Research Institute, Head of Economics at the Securities Commission Malaysia, and a Senior Analyst at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia. He was also a Senior Technical Advisor at the UNDP Malaysia.
