Dato’ Azman Mahmud was appointed as Chief Executive Of cer of the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) in February 2014. He spent close to three decades with MIDA in various leadership positions in the United States, Japan and Malaysia and covered promotion strategy and manufacturing and services growth, where he played a signi cant role in promoting investments into Malaysia. He also has extensive experience in international business and a broad understanding on manufacturing and services sectors in Malaysia. Dato’ Azman holds a degree in Engineering from the Universiti Putra Malaysia, and has attended several Senior Management Programmes, namely the Harvard Business School and INSEAD.