Dr. Munir Majid

Dato’ Dr Munir Majid is Chairman of MALAYSIA AIRLINES and PECD Berhad, a leading construction company. He also sits on the Board of Saujana Resorts (M) Berhad.

He obtained a B.Sc (Econ) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1971. Here he also obtained his Ph.D in International Relations in 1978. He taught at the Department of international Relations in LSE from 1972-1975. He was research analyst for Daiwa Europe NV in London from 1975-1978.

Dr Munir joined the New Straits Times Press (NST) in 1979 as leader writer and progressed to become Group Editor. During his time at the NST, he published numerous articles on national and international politics, and economics.  He left NST in 1986 to become CEO of a small merchant bank, Pertanian Baring Sanwa (PBS), whose name he changed to Commerce International Merchant Bankers (CIMB) which was then transformed into one of Malaysia’s leading merchant banks.  He was invited by the Government of Malaysia to establish and become the first and founding Executive Chairman of the Securities Commission in 1993, where he served for two terms until 1999. In 1997, he received the Cranfield Management Excellence award. After leaving the Securities Commission, he served as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Telekom Malaysia Berhad for 4 years until June 2004, and was Chairman of its mobile subsidiary Celcom (M) Berhad from 2002-2004.
In June 2004, Dr Munir joined the Malaysia Airline System Berhad Board of Directors and later in August 2004 was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Malaysian Airline System Berhad.

He has served on various governmental boards and committees, such as Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA), Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), Foreign Investment Committee (FIC), as well as various private sector companies and organizations such as Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE), Council of the Association of Merchant Banks Malaysia (AMBM), Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI). He is the founder President of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club and recently was appointed by the Malaysian Institute of Management to be a member of its Court of Fellows.