Malaysia Building Society Berhad has informed that Dato’ Wan Kamaruzaman who was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Kumpulan Wang Persaraanor KWAP has been appointed as the new Chairman with immeiate effect.
The appointment comes from EPF the banks largest shareholder, with Dato Wan also assuming the non independent and non executive directors role. Dato Wan started his working career with Malayan Banking Berhad since 1981, mostly in Treasury Department with two overseas postings at Hamburg, Germany as Chief Dealer and London, United Kingdom as Treasury Manager. After leaving Maybank in 1994, he served as CEO and Director with several companies within the Affin Group until 2005. He then briefly served Kemuncak Facilities Management Sdn Bhd and Izoma (M) Sdn Bhd, both as Executive Director of Finance until 2007.
He had served as the General Manager, Treasury Department of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) since September 2007 until April 2013. Dato’ Wan Kamaruzaman had served as director of several public companies and private companies in Malaysia. He was previously the Chairman of Bank of America Malaysia Berhad, an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bursa Malaysia Berhad and has also served as Advisory Committee Member to the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) Russel, London, Board Member at Pacific Trustee Sdn Bhd, Nomura Islamic Asset Management Sdn Bhd, and RHL Ventures Advisory Sdn Bhd, Chairman of the Institutional Investors Council Malaysia and Board Member of Malakoff Corporation Berhad and Prima Ekuiti (UK) Limited, among others.
