Mohamed Rezwan Abdullah Ismail
PETALING JAYA: Malayan Banking Bhd
(Maybank) has appointed Mohamed Rezwan Abdullah Ismail as its group chief risk officer (GCRO) effective Aug 8, 2024.
In a statement, Maybank said Mohamed Rezwan will be responsible to strategise, lead and implement a progressive enterprise-wide risk management framework that appropriately identifies, manages and mitigates risks to achieve the strategic and business objectives of Maybank Group.
“He will report to the president and group chief executive officer of Maybank and be a member of the group executive committee.”
Mohamed Rezwan, 48 years old, will succeed Datuk Hamzah Bachee, who will retire from Maybank Group effective Aug 8, 2024, after a long-standing career of close to 36 years with Maybank.
“With a banking career that spans more than 25 years, including his current role as deputy GCRO, Mohammed Rezwan played a pivotal role in the assessment and transformation of critical risk functions, leading to proactive risk management practices that improved the Bank’s risk alignments to regulatory and business requirements.
He is currently responsible for enhancing risk identification and measurement, embedding climate risk management and the implementation of the revised Basel III framework.
