Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Ismail attended Command and Staff Courses at the Royal Malaysia Police College, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor and studied Management of Training at the Royal Institute of Public Administration, London, United Kingdom and Post Graduate Senior Management at Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, United Kingdom and Management of Crisis and Negotiation at Louisiana State University, Baton Rogue, United States of America. He graduated from Malaysia Armed Forces Defence College and awarded a Diploma with Military symbol ‘MPAT’.

Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Ismail started his career with the Royal Malaysia Police as an Inspector in 1962 and was appointed to numerous command positions before appointment as Chief Police Officer for three states in Malaysia – Kelantan, Johor and the Metropolitan Police of Kuala Lumpur. Prior to his retirement, he held the rank of Commissioner of Police with the appointment as Director of Criminal Investigation Department, Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur.

Currently he is President of the Retired Senior Police Officers’ Association, Malaysia. He was previously a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Ancom Berhad, Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad, Selangor Dredging Berhad, Esthetics International Group Berhad and an Independent Non-Executive Director of New Britain Palm Oil Limited [NBPOL], Papua New Guinea.

Datuk Mohd Hasnul is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Shoraka Group of Companies, as well as the Partner of Shoraka Advisory Services, Dubai. He has over 25 years of experience in fund management, treasury and consultancy works within the ASEAN and MENA region. He has acted as advisor on many mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance mandates in a wide variety of industries. Datuk Mohd Hasnul started his professional career at the Investment and Treasury Department of the Central Bank of Malaysia. After leaving the Bank, Datuk Mohd Hasnul joined OUB-TA Asset Management Ltd, a Singapore-owned fund management company with fund size of more than US$2 billion. In 2004, he was promoted to be the CEO of TA Investment Management, Malaysia. Datuk Mohd Hasnul left the company in 2006 to set up Shoraka Advisory Services, Dubai.

Datuk Mohd Hasnul holds a BSc. (Hons) in Economics and Accounting from University of Bristol, UK and was a holder of Fund Manager’s Representative License issued by the Securities Commission of Malaysia as well as License Director under the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

Chairil bin Mohd Tamil has more than 25 years of experience in Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Capital Markets and International Business, a successful career in various investment banks, commercial banks and consulting firms such as Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Berhad (Oct 1993 – Aug 1996), Perwira Affin Merchant Bank Berhad (Sep 1996 – Sep 1999), Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad (Sep 1999 – Sep 2000), Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (Sep 2000 – Jan 2007) , Shoraka Advisers Sdn Bhd (Feb 2007 – June 2010), Prokhas Sdn Bhd (July 2010 – Mar 2011) and Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad (“EXIM Bank”) (June 2011 – May 2018).

He last served at EXIM Bank as Deputy President Business responsible for overseeing Banking Department, Credit Insurance Department and Product Development Department. During his tenure, EXIM Bank had received 3 awards from Project Finance International Magazine, The Banker and Euromoney for Asia Pacific Deal of the Year 2013 for an IPP Project in Indonesia. At EXIM Bank, he was a member of various management committees.

He had numerous speaking engagements locally and internationally. He was appointed by CIDB as one of the Panellist of Assessor for Malaysian Construction Industry Excellence Awards 2017 and 2018 (MCIEA) for International Achievement Award.

Chairil bin Mohd Tamil holds a Bachelor of Science in the Joint School of Economics and Accounting from University of Bristol, United Kingdom.

Simon Chow joined Ireka Corporation Berhad as Group Chief Corporate Officer in July 2021. He was also appointed as Director of Ireka Corporation Berhad on 5 July 2021. He graduated from Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona, USA with a Master of Business Administration, and from Flinders University, SA, Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce (Computer Science).

He began his career as a stock broker 1993, and left to pursue his MBA after the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997. He then returned to Malaysia to lead a consultancy business which invested in domestic real estate from 2001 to 2006.

Simon commenced his foray into investments and asset management when he joined TA Investment Management Berhad as CEO from 2006 to 2008. Subsequently, he assumed the roles of CEO of CMS Trust Management Berhad (now known as Kenanga Investors Berhad) from 2008 to 2010, and Country Head/Executive Director of BNP Paribas Asset Management Sdn Bhd from 2010 to 2011. He then was Director at Amundi Malaysia Sdn Bhd from 2014 to 2018 before joining Bursa Malaysia Berhad as Executive Vice President, Securities Market in 2018. From 2019 to 2020, he was a member of the pioneering management team at BrioHR, a HR technology start-up with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Paris.

Dato’ Azmi bin Abdullah graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) with a B.A. (Hons) Degree in Economics in 1974. He has extensive banking experience as he was formerly the First Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of SME Bank and the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Bumiputera-Commerce Bank Berhad, where he served for more than 26 years in various departments. He was also an Independent Non-executive Director of Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad from 2009 to 2018.

Shahruladeri is currently the CEO and the Board Member of CIB Capital Limited, a Fund Manager regulated by the Labuan Financial Services Authority. He is also the Board Member to Credit Investment Bank Ltd. Shahruladeri was the Director of Business Development for the Labuan International Business and Financial Centre and the Director of Islamic Finance for the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority where he significantly involved in the financial centres’ international business development focusing on international business establishments, Islamic finance, Capital Markets and Wealth Management activities.

He started his career with the Maybank Investment Bank (formerly known as Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad), with extensive work experience within the bank’s Corporate Finance & Advisory department and Private Equity subsidiary.

Shahruladeri is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), UK and graduated from Kingston University, UK in Accounting and Finance.