IICM Bhd, the new legal entity for the Institutional Investors Council Malaysia, has named Jay Khairil Jeremy Abdullah from Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP) as its new chairman.
The appointment was made during the IICM’s inaugural annual general meeting on September 2 in Kuala Lumpur.
Jay Khairil is currently chief executive officer of KWAP, the country’s second-largest pension fund. He joined KWAP in May this year, having spent over nine years at Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN). He was appointed BSN’s chief internal auditor in 2017, before being promoted to chief financial officer in 2018, and chief executive officer in 2021.
Before BSN, he was regional head of audit for wholesale banking, risk and shariah at CIMB Group, one of Malaysia’s largest banks.
Source: Asia Asset Management
