Professional Summary

Hisham is an investment professional with more than 30 years of experience covering the whole investments value chain including investment analysis, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, private equity, venture capital and entrepreneurship in sectors such as telecommunications, healthcare, media, property, infrastructure, energy, banking and insurance in both emerging and developed markets.

Background &  Experience

Hisham presently serves as an independent board member on Telekom Malaysia Berhad, KPJ Healthcare Berhad and Principal Asset Management Berhad in Malaysia where he is domiciled.

Prior to his retirement in 2019, his spent four years as COO of Astro Overseas Limited, a privately owned US$1 billion media investment holding company with assets in both developed and emerging markets internationally.  Before that, he served nine years at the investments division of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the investment arm of the Malaysian government where his last position was Investment Director. He spent his early part of his career as a sell-side equity analyst at Crosby, Barings and UBS pre-1998 Asian Financial Crisis.

Whilst semi-retired, he remains active as a part-time business coach at the Asia School of Business, a mentor at a non-profit Women in Leadership In Kuala Lumpur and on the SEA advisory council of the Young Investors Society.  He was also a board member of the International School of Kuala Lumpur for three academic years until June 2021.

Education

Hisham has an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management under the Sloan Fellows program and MS and BS in Mathematics from Illinois State University, USA. He is also a CFA charter holder.