En. Nor Azzam bin Abdul Jalil is our Independent Non-Executive Director. He was appointed to our Board on 26 August 2020, and is also the Chairman of our Remuneration Committee and Nominating Committee. He is also a member of our Audit Committee, and Risk Management Committee.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) from George Washington University, USA in 1987. Upon his graduation, he was employed as an Executive Trainee by Bank of Commerce (M) Berhad. In 1991, he was promoted as Assistant Vice President responsible for managing the bank’s Nostro accounts. In 1993, he moved to the corporate banking department as a Credit Officer and was promoted to Head of Japanese Desk in 1995.
In 1999, after the merger of Bank of Commerce (M) Berhad and Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad to Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Berhad, he was redesignated as Business Center Manager where he was responsible to set-up and manage a business center in Klang Valley. In 2000, he was seconded to Tokyo, Japan branch of Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Berhad as General Manager to manage the day-to-day operations of the branch.
He returned to Malaysia in 2005 to be Chief Executive Officer of Commerce Tijari Bank Berhad and was transferred to CIMB Bank Berhad as Regional Director IV (responsible for the South Selangor and Negeri Sembilan branches) in 2006. He was subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President/Regional Director I (responsible for the Kuala Lumpur branches) in 2010. He remained with the CIMB group and was promoted several times before leaving CIMB Bank Berhad in 2016. His last position with the bank was Acting Head of Consumer Sales and Distribution, responsible for driving retail banking and enterprise banking businesses. He joined Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad in the same year as Deputy Chief Executive Officer, where he was responsible for assisting in driving the overall strategic direction of the bank’s business.
In 2017, he left Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad to join his family business, Voxel Imaging Sdn Bhd, a visual effects and production company for film and television as well as end-to-end production for corporate and commercial clients. He currently manages the financial and investment aspects of the company.
He is currently Independent Non-Executive Chairman of 2 public listed companies, namely Revenue Group Berhad and Ocean Vantage Holdings Berhad. He also holds directorship in private limited company.
