KUALA LUMPUR: Credit Guarantee Corp Malaysia Bhd (CGC) has appointed Zaida Khalida Shaari and Rohan Krishnalingam as its new independent non-executive directors, effective Jan 1 and Jan 20, 2026, respectively.
In a statement, CGC said that Zaida Khalida brings over 30 years of experience in governance, strategic investments and organisational transformation.
She has held senior leadership roles at Khazanah Nasional Bhd, where she was executive director of investment, and at Permodalan Nasional Bhd, where she served as head of the legal department and joint company secretary.
“She previously served as chief executive officer of Yayasan Amir (incorporated by Khazanah Nasional) and currently sits on the boards of Aeon Co
(M) Bhd, MNRB Holdings, Pelaburan Hartanah Nasional and RHB Islamic Bank, and is a member of the investment panel of Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan),” it said.
Meanwhile, CGC said that Rohan has about 30 years of experience in financial services, with extensive expertise in technology and digital transformation, technology risk management, cybersecurity, financial technology and large-scale technology programme delivery.
“He previously served as group chief digital and technology officer and group chief operations officer at RHB Banking Group, where he led major digitalisation and information technology modernisation initiatives, and spent over two decades with Accenture as managing director (senior partner) of financial services technology for the Asean region.” — Bernama
