Dato' Hamidah Naziadin

Hamidah Naziadin has 31 years of experience in human resource (HR), of which the last 27 have been with CIMB Group. Prior to joining CIMB Group, she was with Pacific Bank.

As the Group Chief People Officer of CIMB Group, she provides overall strategic leadership for HR across ASEAN. She has successfully transformed HR from an administrative function into a key business enabler, contributing to CIMB Group's rapid growth into the leading ASEAN financial institution that it is today. She leads people strategies to attract, develop and retain talent, cultivate an agile workforce to prepare for the future of work, and improve the end-to-end employee experience via technology innovation.

Among her many achievements, she has strategised the resource integration in successful mergers and acquisitions over the years, within Malaysia and across ASEAN and APAC regions. She has also implemented strategic HR programmes that have earned peer and industry recognition through numerous awards.

In May 2016, she was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Foundation, the philanthropic platform for CIMB Group, to spearhead CSR initiatives in community development, sports and education with diversity and inclusion as the guiding principles. She was also a Commissioner of CIMB Niaga, Indonesia and a member of CIMB Niaga's Nomination and Remuneration Committee from 2010 to September 2014.