Banker who helped bridge Asean and Mideast business


KUALA LUMPUR: Bahrain-born Hussain Ahmad Najadi was a banker and founded Arab Investments for Asia Kuwait Ltd (AIAK) some 40 years ago in Kuwait.

Najadi later moved his business to Kuala Lumpur in the 1970s, where he founded Arab Malaysian Development Bank in 1975 before selling it to corporate figure Tan Sri Azman Hashim in 1982. Azman then renamed the bank AmBank.

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