Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. Mohd Munir Abdul Majid

Chairman of ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) Malaysia - President of the ASEAN Business Club; Chairman of CARI ASEAN Research & Advocacy

Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid is currently Chairman of ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) Malaysia, CARI ASEAN Research and Advocacy, of, as well as President of the ASEAN Business Club. He also sits on the Board of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, is Board Chairman of the Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia (ICMR) and is on the Honorary Council of Advisors for EUROCHAM Malaysia. He is an active advocate of deeper ASEAN economic integration.

He has extensive experience and is well known in the Malaysian corporate world. He was formerly the Chairman of Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (2008-2020). He had been the Group Editor of the New Straits Times, first executive chairman of CIMB and founding chairman of the Malaysian Securities Commission. After stepping down from the Securities Commission, he became Independent Non-Executive Director of Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Chairman of Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad and Non-Executive Chairman of Malaysian Airline System Berhad.

He was Founder President of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club, established in 2003 and is a member of the Court of Fellows of the Malaysian Institute of Management. He is a member of the Royal Commission of Inquiry appointed to look into the issues in the operations and management of Tabung Haji (Malaysia’s Pilgrims Fund).

Tan Sri Dr. Munir obtained a B.Sc (Econ) and Ph.D in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1971 and 1978. He is an Honorary Fellow of LSE and continues the long association with his alma mater as Visiting Senior Fellow at the Centre of International Affairs, Diplomacy and Strategy. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre.