KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 7): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) announced changes to its top management team effective immediately.

Its head of private markets Rohaya Mohammad Yusof has been named chief investment officer of the pension fund, replacing Datuk Mohamad Nasir Ab Latif who stepped down as deputy chief executive officer (investment) on Dec 31, 2019.

In a statement today, the EPF said Rohaya joined the fund in 2008 as head of corporate finance in the investment division before becoming head of capital markets. Prior to the EPF, she was the executive vice president of corporate investment banking at Maybank Investment Bank (previously Aseambankers).

The fund also announced the appointment of Nurhisham Hussein as its chief strategy officer, a position which was previously held by the EPF's current chief executive officer Alizakri Alias.

Nurhisham joined the fund in 2014 as head of the economics and capital markets department and has served in Malaysian Rating Corp Bhd, Permodalan Nasional Bhd and Affin Bank Bhd.

The duo joins the fund's senior management team, led by Alizakri and includes deputy chief officer (operations) Datuk Mohd Naim Daruwish, chief financial officer Sazaliza Zainuddin and chief technology officer Muhammad Afzal Abdul Rahman.

Alizakri noted that the appointments of Rohaya and Nurhisham are internal promotions.

"While 2020 and the years beyond promise to be challenging, I am confident that with this new team, the EPF is well-equipped to achieve our desired milestones and goals.

"Rest assured that we will continue to be steadfast in our role as a fund that is focused on making investments that go towards achieving long-term returns for our members' futures," he added.