Abdul Farid Alias

Former Group President and Chief Executive Officer
Board member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors

Datuk Abdul Farid Alias '90 was the Group President and Chief Executive Officer of Maybank for a period of over 8 years from August 2013 until April 2022. Maybank is the largest financial services group in Malaysia, and one of the biggest banking groups in South East Asia. Maybank operates in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia as its primary home markets. In addition to that Maybank also operates in all seven other countries in South East Asia, as well as Greater China, Dubai and the financial centres in London and New York. Maybank is a universal bank that provides retail banking, corporate and commercial banking, investment banking, insurance services and Islamic banking.

He is currently a member of the boards of directors for Bursa Malaysia Berhad, one of the largest bourses in ASEAN based in Malaysia; for Digi.Com Berhad, a leading telecommunication providing digital connectivity and services company based in Malaysia; and for Capitaland Investment Limited, a global rea estate investment manager based in Singapore.

Farid graduated with a master’s in business administration (Finance) degree from the University of Denver, in Denver, Colorado in 1991. Prior to that, he graduated from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. In 2013 he attended and completed the two-month Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.