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The 2026 Malaysia Leadership Awards are judged by a distinguished panel of industry leaders, who will evaluate nominations across each award category to recognise outstanding leadership in Malaysia.
Our panel of expert judges
2026 judging panel
Andrew Tan
Board member - Independent Non Executive Director, AIA Berhad
Chairperson Digitalisation Committee, FIDE FORUM
Chiam Sou Hong
Independent Non Executive Director, Maybank
CS Tan
Advisor, Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association
Datin Dr Ts. Habsah Nordin
President, DAMA Kuala Lumpur & Selangor
Independent Expert, Department of Standards Malaysia, MITI
Board of Committee Members of ACXOA LTD, The ASEAN CXO Association
FIDE FORUM Directors, FIDE FORUM
Independent Non Executive Director, MPRC
ICDM Board Ready, ICDM
Dato’ Hj Abdul Wahab Abu Bakar
Board member, Affin Hwang Investment Bank
Board member of Food Academy (UNIPEQ), a subsidiary company of University of Kebangsaan Malaysia UKMH
Dato' Adnan Pawanteh
Independent Non-Executive Director, DRB-HICOM Berhad
Independent, Non-Executive Director, Duopharma Biotech Berhad
Dato Seri' Dr Mohamad Zabidi
Independent Non-Executive Director, BIMB Investment Management Berhad
Senior Strategic Advisor & Regional Director, DDGI Limited Overseas Branches
Governing Bodies - Audit Committee, INCEIF University
Dr Hasnita Hashim
Chairman, Maybank Investment Banking Group
Chairman, Maybank Asset Management
Non Executive Director, Guidance Investments LLC
Goh Cheok Weng
Managing Director, KV Asia Capital
Jackie Mah
President & CEO, Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM)
Loh Mui Leng
Independent and Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors, Global Oriental Berhad
Director - Legal, Finance and Family Office, Jet 8 Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Nurini Kassim
Independent Non-Executive Director, Polymer Link Holdings Berhad
Independent Non-Executive Director, Enproserve Group Berhad
Independent Non-Executive Director, Hong Bao Media
Zailani Ali
Managing Director, People Empowered Malaysia
More judges will be joining our panel soon. Stay tuned for further updates.