Axiata Group has confirmed the appointment of Employees Provident Fund’s Chief Financial Officer Mohamad Hafiz Kassim as its independent non-executive with immediate effect.
Hazif is currently the Chief Financial Officer of the government pension fund and first joined EPF in December 2008 as Head, Private Equity. He has held various positions in the investment division with his last position as Head, Real Estate Investment in January 2020. He also served as the Managing Director of Kwasa Land Sdn Bhd from April 2020 to May 2021 during his tenure with EPF.
Prior to joining EPF, he worked with various companies including Daiwa Capital Markets, PwC United Kingdom Malaysia, and Telekom Malaysia. He has over 20 years of experience in investments, auditing and accounting.
EPF, which had 1.56 billion shares (17.03% stake) at end-March, had trimmed its shareholding by about seven million shares over the past two months to about 1.555 billion shares (16.949%) as at May 23,
