In a statement, MIDF Group said Silva was a well-known corporate figure and had worked in the areas of banking, finance and investments, strategic management, business building and financial sector development, cross-border investing, risk and portfolio management, and corporate restructuring.
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Dominic Silva, former head of investments at sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd, will be joining MIDF Amanah Investment Bhd as deputy CEO, effective Jan 7, 2019.
According to a statement, Silva is a well-known corporate figure and has worked in the areas of banking, finance and investments, strategic management, business building and financial sector development, cross-border investing, risk and portfolio management, and corporate restructuring.
Silva was most recently a director at DMY Capital. He left Khazanah Nasional as the fund's head of investments and an executive director in July last year after nine years.
Previously, he had spent over 10 years in ABN Amro Bank (later known as Royal Bank of Scotland) in various positions in KL, Singapore, Amsterdam and Hong Kong, where his last post was as head of commercial, Asia.
He had also served on the boards of Astro
Holdings Sdn Bhd (Malaysia), various banks and companies in the CIMB Group, the Infrastructure Development Finance Co Limited of India, and several other notable organisations.
"I have had the pleasure of working with Datuk Dominic over the years as my client, shareholder and colleague and am thrilled that he is joining the MIDF group.
"He brings gravitas and decades of front line experience to our investment banking franchise and I am sure he will take us to new heights. All of us here look forward to his arrival and to the new ideas that he will bring” said MIDF group managing director Datuk Charon Mokhzani.
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