Tuan Syed Ahmad Taufik Albar

Syed Ahmad Taufik Albar was appointed as Managing Director, Group International Business on 2 February 2021.

In his new role, Taufik’s main responsibility is to oversee the growth and performance of the Group’s international businesses which covers commercial, investment banking and asset management, synergising the functions and resources across the Group and within the countries that RHB is present. Taufik will also oversee the non-Retail Loan Recovery business with a focus of boosting recovery efforts.

Prior to this appointment, he was the Group Chief Financial Officer since 1 December 2016.

Taufik has more than 20 years of experience as an accountant and a finance professional with domestic and international exposures in Oil & Gas, mobile telecommunications and infrastructure, as well as property development and construction. He started his career in finance with Shell and worked in various Shell offices in Malaysia, Australia and the Netherlands. Prior to joining RHB, he was the Group Chief Financial Officer of UEM Group Berhad and Chief Financial Officer of Smart Axiata (Cambodia) before that.

Taufik holds a Master of Economics and a Bachelor of Accounting degrees from International Islamic University Malaysia. He is a fellow of Chartered Institute of Management Accountant (CIMA) and a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).