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Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (\u201cSME Bank\u201d or \u201cthe Bank\u201d), a subsidiary of Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad (\u201cBPMB\u201d) Group, today announced the appointment of\u00a0Zulkiflee Hashim as Chairman of SME Bank, effective 6 March 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad (\u201cSME Bank\u201d or \u201cthe Bank\u201d), a subsidiary of Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad (\u201cBPMB\u201d) Group, today announced the appointment of\u00a0Zulkiflee Hashim as Chairman of SME Bank, effective 6 March 2026.\u00a0Zulkiflee was first appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of SME Bank on 6 March 2019, where he has since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[314],"class_list":["post-6950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate","tag-smebank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6952,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950\/revisions\/6952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Zulkiflee was first appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of SME Bank on 6 March 2019, where he has since contributed to strengthening the Bank\u2019s governance and providing strategic oversight in support of its developmental mandate.
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He brings more than 35 years of experience in the banking industry, with leadership roles across Citibank Malaysia, Deutsche Bank Malaysia and Hong Leong Bank Berhad. He previously served as Executive Director of Hong Leong Bank Berhad from July 1998 to October 2011, and prior to his retirement in 2015, held the position of Chief Operating Officer, Group Strategic Support.
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Zulkiflee currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hong Leong MSIG Takaful Berhad and Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation (Malaysia) Bhd. He previously served on the boards of GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad and Hong Leong Bank Berhad.
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In a statement, SME Bank said the appointment reflects SME Bank\u2019s continued commitment to strong leadership and governance, with Zulkiflee\u2019s extensive experience in the banking industry is expected to further guide SME Bank\u2019s strategic priorities in empowering MSMEs and supporting sustainable economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n