KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13): SEGi University & Colleges, the largest private listed university in Malaysia, today announced the appointment of Datuk Mohamed Azahari Kamil as its president. The appointment is effective Jan 4, 2016.

Prior to his appointment as president, Datuk Mohamed Azahari was chief executive officer (CEO) at Asian Finance Bank, holding the post for the last eight years.

He is a board member of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), and is also appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education as the CEO Faculty Program adjunct professor and Distinguished Fellow for Public Universities.

In addition, Datuk Mohamed Azahari is a chartered banker of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers as well as a chartered professional in Islamic Finance.

He is currently the chairman of the Crescent Wealth International Advisory Board Malaysia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Crescent Funds Australia Ltd.

At 3.47pm, shares in SEG International Bhd, the listed entity, were down 1.5% at RM1.35, with 216,500 shares changing hands.

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