Farid Shah Mohd Basir

2022 JUDGE’S PROFILE

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Chief People Officer

MBSB Bank

Farid Basir, 52, joined MBSB Bank as the new Chief People Officer on April 19, 2021.

With experience in Human Resources (HR) disciplines spanning over two decades, Farid brings along a wealth of professional insights to MBSB, having had career exposures abroad and across industries, ranging from telecommunications, insurance to fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and banking. Upon graduation in 1994, he started off his career with Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM), specializing in HR restructuring, training, succession planning, total rewards, organizational development and policies & procedures. He then moved to focus on performance and rewards management at the country’s then-largest national insurer, Malaysia National Insurance Bhd (MNI).

Ten years on, Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate Nestle took him on board in 2004, where he assumed various HR roles in Malaysia, Switzerland, The Philippines and South Africa.

Upon his return under the TalentCorp’s Returning Expert Programme (REP), Farid was appointed as the Chief Human Capital Officer at Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Bhd in 2016. Thereafter, he returned to TM to assume a similar post until December 2020.

Being a proponent of continuous professional education, Farid has added several business and leadership programmes into his curriculum vitae – with certifications from Cambridge Judge Business School; Said Business School at University of Oxford; Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires, or popularly known as INSEAD; and the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland. He took centre stage internationally when he was awarded the “Upcoming Personality in Islamic Finance 2017” at the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA) 2017, held in Kazakhstan; and the “CHRO of the Year” at the World HRD Congress 2018 in India.

A strong advocate of leadership excellence initiatives for the younger generation of workforce, Farid is presently the Vice- President of Malaysian Employer Federation (MEF).