Mohd Razlan Mohamed was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad on 1 September 2021. He is the Chairman of the Board Veto Committee and a member of the Board Risk & Compliance and Board Nomination & Remuneration Committees.
Razlan was the Chief Executive Officer of the credit rating agency, Malaysian Rating Corporation (MARC), for 11 years from 2007 to 2018. As a member of MARC’s Rating Committee, he was largely responsible for the decision of all credit rating assignments and actions on various asset classes including large corporates, structured products, infrastructure projects and financial institutions. Prior to that, he was a corporate and investment banker for debt and debt capital market for 13 years with Perwira Affin Merchant Bank, Bank of America (Malaysia), Maybank Investment Bank and MIMB Investment Bank.
He had served as a Board member of Asia credit rating industry body, the Association of Credit Rating Agency in Asia (2015 to 2018), as well as in two other international credit rating agencies, ARC Ratings SA, Portugal (2013 to 2018) and Islamic International Rating Agency, Bahrain (2011 to 2018). He was also an Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Amanah Malaysia Berhad (2008 to 2011), VCAP Asset Managers Sdn Bhd (2015 to 2018), Senai-Desaru Expressway Berhad (2019 to 2021) and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2021 to 2024).
Currently, Razlan sits on the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Glomac Berhad, Lembaga Pembiayaan Perumahan Sektor Awam (LPPSA), USAINS Holding Sdn Bhd and Pacific Trustees Group International Sdn Bhd.
In addition, he is also serving as Chairman of UTMSPACE and Chairman of Amanah Raya Investment Management Sdn Bhd, as well as an Investment Advisory Panel member of the Securities Commission Malaysia.
Razlan obtained his Bachelors of Science (cum laude) degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Duke University, USA and an MBA from Rice University, USA.
