Dato’ Seri Prof Dr Mohamad Zabidi Ahmad was appointed as MIA Council member on 15 December 2022.

He is currently the Senior Strategic Advisor & Chief Regional Representative for Malaysia and SEA, DDCap Limited.

Dato’ Seri was previously the Senior Managing Director and Regional Head, Islamic Treasury, Treasury and Markets, Group Wholesale Banking, CIMB Group. He has over 38 years of experience in the banking industry including 19 years’ experience in Group Treasury (conventional & Islamic), corporate (deposits, investment, client solutions), interbank, marketing, fixed income and derivatives, product development and structuring. He has also been responsible in developing the Islamic Treasury franchise for the CIMB Group regionally including United Kingdom, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei and Thailand since 2006.

Dato’ Seri holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business (OYAGSB), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and a Bachelor’s in Accounting with Honours from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Dato’ Seri recently completed the Oxford Leadership Executives Programme by Sa’id Business School at Oxford. He also holds a Chartered Professional of Islamic Finance (CPIF) by the Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance (CIIF).

Dato’ Seri is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and a member of the Institute Corporate Director Malaysia (ICDM). He also has an Associate Qualification of Islamic Finance (AQIF) from the Islamic Banking & Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance.