
INTRODUCING
Datuk Mohd Nasir Ahmad

A Brief Introduction
Tan Sri Mohd Nasir Ahmad is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), United Kingdom, a Chartered Accountant with Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), and holds a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.
He is currently Chairman of CIMB Group Holdings Berhad, CIMB Bank Berhad, CIMB Bank PLC Cambodia and Touch ‘n Go Sdn. Bhd. He was appointed as Independent Director of CIMB on 20 July 2015 and CIMB Group Chairman on 20 October 2018. He became Chairman to CIMB PLC Cambodia on 16 December 2019 and Chairman of Touch ‘n Go Sdn Bhd on the 1 January 2024. He was redesignated as Non-Independent Chairman of CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (CIMBGH) and CIMB Bank Berhad (CIMB Bank) from 19 July 2024.
He was the President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) from August 2011 to July 2013. In September 2013, he was elected to the Council of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the United Kingdom and completed the maximum 9 years’ tenure in November 2022, after being re-elected in September 2016 and November 2019.
On 1 May 2021, he was appointed a member of the Financial Reporting Foundation and Chairman of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB).
He brings with him vast experience in the areas of leadership, management, operations, finance and accounting, which spans over 40 years, having started his career as a Trainee Accountant with Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) in 1979 and moving on to hold various positions in the Finance Division.
In January 1993, Tan Sri Mohd Nasir was seconded to TNB’s subsidiary company, Malaysia Transformer Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, as Financial Controller before being appointed as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in June 1994.
In January 2000, he joined Sharikat Permodalan Kebangsaan Berhad as its CEO. On 1 June 2001, he was appointed CEO of Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad, a position he held until his retirement on 1 June 2011.
Tan Sri Mohd Nasir is also Chairman of CIMB Foundation, a Trustee of Yayasan Canselor UNITEN, a Director of Perdana Leadership Foundation and a Board Member of FIDE Forum.