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Malaysia’s $200 Billion Pension Fund Gets a New CEO
Deputy chief Alizakri Alias — who oversaw strategy — will replace outgoing chief executive Shahril Ridza Ridzuan.
Malaysia’s814.38 billion ringgit($200 billion) pension fund — the Employees Provident Fund — has chosen a successor to take over from departing chief executive Shahril Ridza Ridzuan.
The fund announced Saturday that deputy CEO Alizakri Alias will become chief executive on August 20, when Shahril departs to serve as managing director of Malaysian sovereign wealth fundKhazanah Nasional Berhad.
“We are pleased with this internal appointment, as it is a validation of our robust succession planning which has enabled the Minister of Finance to choose a suitable internal candidate,” said Employees Provident Fund chairman Samsudin Osman in astatement. “The appointment of the new CEO will ensure continuity in the performance of the EPF and assure members that the EPF will continue to run smoothly in delivering its mandate.”
Alizakri has served as deputy CEO of strategy since joining the organization in 2014. He oversees the development of fund products and services as well as corporate strategy, corporate affairs, human capital, and talent development. He is also a member of the fund’s investment committee.
His predecessor Shahril became EPF’s chief executive in April 2013. Previously, Shahril had been managing director of the Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad, a construction and property development company based in Kuala Lumpur.
Shahril’s move to the sovereign wealth fund follows theresignationof its entire board of directors, including managing director Azman Mokhtar. Reutersreportedin May that Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak had taken money from the Khazanah Nasional to cover some of the liabilities of the scandal-ridden 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a state fund which ran up $12 billion in debt between 2010 and 2015.
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“[Shahril] brought the EPF to new heights,” Samsudin said in the statement. “I have no doubt that Khazanah will benefit from his experience in making the EPF the respected organization it is today.”
The Employees Provident Fund is a national social security fund for primarily private-sector employees in Malaysia. Established in 1991, the fund is now among the biggest retirement systems in the world, placing 15th on the 2017 list of theworld’s largest pension funds威利斯由咨询公司韬睿惠悦nd financial publicationPensions & Investments.