Kuala lumpur: Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Bhd (CGC) has appointed Zaida Khalida Shaari and Rohan Krishnalingam as its new independent non-executive directors, effective January 1, 2026, and January 20, 2026, respectively.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, CGC announced 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, 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. She is also a member of the Investment Panel of Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan).
Meanwhile, CGC highlighted that Rohan has about 30 years of experience in financial services, with expertise in technology and digital transformation, technology risk management, cybersecurity, fintech, 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. Rohan also spent over two decades with Accenture as managing director (senior partner) of financial services technology for the ASEAN region and currently serves as a non-independent non-executive director of Boost Bank.
In welcoming the new directors, CGC chairman Datuk Mohammed Hussein stated that these appointments significantly strengthen the CGC board's strategic capacity with their collective experience and networking to execute CGC's growth plans. He emphasized that the focus is on supporting high-potential micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Malaysia, which are considered the backbone of the country's next wave of economic growth. Additionally, the appointments aim to forge more substantive and participative partnerships between Bumiputera and non-Bumiputera businesses within future-focused sectors' supply chains.