Abdul Wahid Omar
Abdul Wahid Omar | |
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| عبدالواحد عمر | |
| Chairman of the Bursa Malaysia | |
| Assumed office 1 May 2020 | |
| Minister | Tengku Zafrul Aziz (2020–2022) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2022) Amir Hamzah Azizan (Minister II, since 2023) |
| Preceded by | Shireen Ann Zaharah Muhiudeen |
| Chairman of the Permodalan Nasional Berhad | |
| In office 1 August 2016 – 29 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid |
| Succeeded by | Zeti Akhtar Aziz |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economic Planning Unit (EPU)) | |
| In office 16 May 2013 – 4 June 2016 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Halim |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Deputy | Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy (2013–2014) Devamany S. Krishnasamy (2016) |
| Preceded by | Nor Mohamed Yakcop |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Rahman Dahlan |
| Constituency | Senator |
| Senator (Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong) | |
| In office 5 June 2013 – 4 June 2016 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Halim |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abdul Wahid bin Omar 1964 (age 60–61) Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Nationality | Malaysia |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Kay Roserina Mohd Kassim |
| Residence(s) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Alma mater | Malaysian Institute of Accounts (MIA) Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW), UK |
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Abdul Wahid bin Omar (Jawi: عبدالواحد بن عمر; born 1964) is a Malaysian banker and investor who has served as Chairman of the Bursa Malaysia since May 2020 and Chairman of the National University of Malaysia (UKM), one of Malaysia top universities, since November 2018.
He was the former Group Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), a Malaysia's government-linked investment company and one of the country's largest fund management company from August 2016 to June 2018. Previously, he was appointed a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Economic Planning, serving from June 2013 to June 2016. He is also known as the former President & CEO of Maybank from 2008 to 2013, Malaysia's largest public listed company and one of the leading financial services groups in Southeast Asia. His major contribution to corporate world is overseeing the turnaround of UEM Group, Telekom Malaysia and Maybank.