Dato’ Sri Abdul Hamidy Abdul Hafiz, a Malaysian, aged 67, was appointed to the Board of AmBank on 7 January 2016 as Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of the Board Credit Committee of AmBank.

Dato’ Sri Hamidy also sits on the board of a subsidiary of AMMB Holdings Berhad, namely AmBank Islamic Berhad (“AmBank Islamic”) as the Independent Non-Executive Chairman and serves as the Chairman of the Board Credit Committee of AmBank Islamic.

Dato’ Sri Hamidy is an experienced banker with over 30 years of extensive banking experience in the fields of Commercial and Finance Banking, Investment Banking and Islamic Banking. Dato’ Sri Hamidy was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad and prior to that, Dato’ Sri Hamidy was the Chairman of Danajamin Nasional Berhad. He was also previously the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Affin Bank Berhad, Chairman of the Association of Banks Malaysia, Managing Director of Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Chubb Insurance Malaysia Berhad. Dato’ Sri Hamidy also served as the Chairman of Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC) from 2009 until the end of February 2020.

Dato’ Sri Hamidy currently serves as a member of the Appeals Committee of Bursa Malaysia Berhad.