Datuk Mahdi Bin Morad

Datuk Mahdi Bin Morad, aged 67, was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of MHB on 17 April 2023.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business from Iowa State University, United States in 1984 and later obtained a Master of Finance & Operations Management in Business Administration from the University of Missouri in 1985. He is a Chartered Professional in Islamic Finance with the Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals.

He has more than 30 years of working experience in various aspects of business management and is equipped with more than 28 years of experience in the financial industry, from branch to corporate management, financial management and spearheading business acquisitions and mergers.

He began his career at Sime Darby Plantations Berhad in a non-financial sector and later found his niche in the financial industry when he assumed the position of Assistant Manager in Asia Commercial Finance Berhad. He then joined First Malaysia Finance Berhad before moving to Arab-Malaysian Finance Berhad, now known as AmBank (M) Berhad. He continued to move up the corporate ranks and was promoted to Senior General Manager in July 1997 before being appointed the Executive Director of AmFinance Berhad in 2002 and later the Executive Director of AmBank (M) Berhad in 2005. In August 2009, he was entrusted a bigger role and was appointed as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Ambank Islamic Berhad, a position held until his retirement in 2014.

Currently, he sits as a Committee member of Pelaburan Negeri Perak Darul Ridzuan.