Maybank has appointed Mazhatulshima Mohd Zahid as its new Group Chief Human Capital Officer (GCHCO) effective Oct 3, 2024. Mazhatulshima will be responsible to drive the group’s people strategy, based on a progressive and comprehensive enterprise-wide people management framework and initiatives, to enable the continued development of Maybankers across all levels, sectors, and countries. She will report to the President and Group Chief Executive Officer (PGCEO) of Maybank and be a member of the Group Executive Committee.
Mazhatulshima, 54 years old, succeed Datuk Dr Nora Abd Manaf who retires after a career of 16 years with Maybank.
Maybank PGCEO Datuk Khairussaleh Ramli said this appointment continued to demonstrate the effectiveness of Maybank’s internal succession planning and talent management policy, aligned to strengthen and intensify its internal capacity building.
“Mazhatulshima’s diverse experience will be vital in ensuring our workforce is future ready and tooled with adequate solutions, addressing the design of our organisation to support business needs in a customer-centric environment, leading our talent identification development and management as well as institutionalising the agile ways of working as our culture and DNA, in line with our M25+ strategy.”
Khairussaleh added that Maybank Group would like to thank Nora for her unwavering commitment and immense contributions over the years in strengthening Maybank’s position as a leading organisation in this region.
“Through her impactful leadership, Nora has been instrumental in shaping Maybank’s people strategy and driving key initiatives related to talent management, leadership development, organisational development and culture. She has been a role model in aligning human resources strategies with the broader business goals of the organisation, fostering growth and driving transformation as well as elevating Maybank’s position as the top-ranked employer of choice across key graduate employment ranking tables.”
