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Malaysian lender MBSB’s chairman now also heads investment banking arm

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August 7, 2025
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Malaysian lender MBSB Group’s head Wan Kamaruzaman Wan Ahmad has taken on an additional role as chairman of the group’s investment banking arm.

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Wan Kamaruzaman, a former chief executive officer of civil service pension fund Kumpulan Wang Persaraan, was appointed chairman of MBSB last year. He has now also been named as chairman of MBSB Investment Bank. It’s not clear whom he replaced.

The expanded role represents a “key step in unifying leadership across its commercial and investment banking operations”, MBSB says in a statement on August 5.

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