Press Releases
3 August 2018
Khazanah appoints Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan as Managing Director
Khazanah Nasional Berhad (“Khazanah”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan as Managing Director. Datuk Shahril is scheduled to report for duty as Managing Director on 20 August 2018.
Datuk Shahril, 48, is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Employees Provident Fund (“EPF”), having been appointed to the position on 16 April 2013. He was previously Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Investment). Prior to joining the EPF, he was the Managing Director of Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (“MRCB”), where he was responsible for developing KL Sentral into one of the main commercial centres in Malaysia. He previously served Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad and was involved in corporate recovery and credit restructuring following the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997. He is presently a Non-Executive Board Member of Media Prima Bhd, Malaysia Building Society Berhad, Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad, MRCB and IJN Holdings Sdn Bhd. Datuk Shahril holds a Master of Arts (First Class) from Cambridge University and Bachelor of Civil Law (First Class) from Oxford University, and has been called to the Malaysian Bar and the Bar of England and Wales.
Khazanah would also like to welcome the new Chairman and Members of the Board, whose appointments were announced by the Prime Minister’s Office on 30 July 2018.
In addition, Khazanah wishes to record its thanks and appreciation to the previous Members of the Board and former Managing Director Tan Sri Datuk Wira Azman Hj Mokhtar for their service and contribution to Khazanah and the nation.
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