Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid

Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid is currently Chairman of CARI ASEAN Research and Advocacy (CARI). He is also the Board Chairman of the Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia (ICMR) and is on the Honorary Council of Advisors for EUROCHAM Malaysia. He is President of Asean Business Club. He is an active advocate of deeper ASEAN economic integration.

As the former Chairman of ASEAN Business Advisory Council Malaysia (2014 – 2024) and former Director on the Board of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, he has extensive experience in ASEAN and is well known in the Malaysian corporate world. He was formerly the Chairman of Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (2008-2020). He had been the Group Editor of the New Straits Times (until 1986), established and was the first executive chairman of CIMB (1986 – 1993) and the founding chairman of the Malaysian Securities Commission (1993 – 1999). After stepping down from the Securities Commission, he became Independent Non-Executive Director of Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Chairman of Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad and Non-Executive Chairman of Malaysian Airline System Berhad. He was Founder President of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club, established in 2003 and is a member of the Court of Fellows of the Malaysian Institute of Management. He was also a member of the Royal Commission of Inquiry appointed to look into the issues in the operations and management of Tabung Haji (Malaysia’s Pilgrims Fund).

Tan Sri Dr. Munir obtained a B.Sc (Econ) and Ph.D in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1971 and 1978. He is an Honorary Fellow of LSE and continues the long association with his alma mater as Visiting Senior Fellow at the Centre of International Affairs, Diplomacy and Strategy (IDEAS). He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre.