Datuk Mohd Nasir Ahmad has been appointed as Independent Director of CIMB Bank Berhad on 20 July 2015. He sits on the Board of CIMB Group Holdings Berhad and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of CIMB Bank Berhad. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) United Kingdom and a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysia Institute of Accountants (MIA). He was also elected as a member of the ACCA (UK) Council in September 2013. Datuk Mohd Nasir holds a Master of Business Administrations (Finance) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and was the President of MIA from August 2011 to July 2013.
Datuk Mohd Nasir brings with him vast experience in the area of finance and accounting which spans 35 years, having started his career as a Trainee Accounting with Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) in 1979 holding various positions in the Finance Division. In January 1993, he was seconded to TNB’s subsidiary company, Malaysia Transformer Manufacturing Sdn Bhd as the Financial Controller before being appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in June 2014. In January 2000, he joined Syarikat Permodalan Kebangsaan Berhad as its CEO. He has also helmed several Government-Linked Companies such as Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad and Syarikat Permodalan Kebangsaan as its CEO on 1 June 2001 until his retirement on 1 June 2011.
