The newly appointed Finance Minister II who was also the Chief Executive Officer of the Employment Provident Fund has also relinquished his directorship position in Sime Darby Plantation and MRCB.
At SDP, Datuk Amir Hamzah Azizan was the Member of the Sustainability Committee. In MRCB he was the chairman having joined the group in 2021.
Prior to joining Anwar’s team, Amir Hamzah was with the Employees Provident Fund joining in March 2021 as Chief Executive Officer. His career began with Shell Group of Companies, where he served for 10 years in various capacities in Malaysia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. He joined MISC Berhad in 2000, and held several senior management portfolios before being appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer In January 2009.
He was later appointed as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer or PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad in June 2010. In August 2012, Amir Hamzah joined PETRONAS Lubricants International as Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, while simultaneously serving as the Vice-President for Downstream Marketing, and subsequently as Vice-President of Lubricants for the PETRONAS Group.
In March 2016, he joined Ekuiti Nasionial Berhad (Ekuinas) to steer its investee company Icon Offshore Berhad as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. He was later appointed to Khazanah Nasional Berhad’s subsidiary Themed Attractions Resorts and Hotel Sdn Bhd as its Group Chief Executive Officer. In April 2019, he later joined Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) as President/Chief Executive Officer.
