KUCHING: The Board of Guardians of the Sarawak Sovereign Wealth Future Fund has appointed Abang Rahmat Yusuf as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective January 29 this year.
The announcement was made after the Board meeting yesterday, according to a press statement.
Abang Rahmat, 48, was formerly the head of Investment Banking (Malaysia) at CLSA Securities from 2019 to 2024. During his tenure there, he led the fund raising exercises including initial public offerings (IPOs) and placements for institutional and corporate clients.
In the beginning of his corporate career, he was a director in the Investments arm at Khazanah Nasional in 2004 until 2019, during which he established and headed the Khazanah Turkey Regional Office in Istanbul covering Turkey, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Sub-Saharan Africa.
He was also the Overseeing Director for Financial Institutions Group (FIG), which represented 20 per cent of Khazanah’s portfolio. He holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University.
