Kuala Lumpur, 17 November 2025: Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia (PIDM) today announced the appointment of Datuk Abu Huraira Abu Yazid as the Chairman of its Board of Directors, effective 15 November 2025. He will succeed Dato Sri (Dr) Zukri Samat who retired from the Board.
Datuk Abu Huraira brings with him extensive leadership experience in the public sector as well as the financial industry, with expertise in banking operations, risk management and financial governance. Previously, he was the Chairman of Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) and Executive Director of Pos Malaysia Berhad and held various senior positions in financial institutions in Malaysia, among others, as a Board member of United Overseas Bank (M) Bhd. and as the Chief Executive Officer of Bank Simpanan Nasional.
Datuk Abu Huraira currently serves as Chairman of MISC Berhad, Chairman of Human Resource Development Corporation and Chairman of Malaysian Maritime Academy Sdn. Bhd. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Business Management) degree from University of Malaya.
PIDM’s Chief Executive Officer, Rafiz Azuan Abdullah said, “On behalf of the Board and Management of PIDM, we would like to extend our warmest welcome to Datuk Abu Huraira as the Chairman of the Board. With his wealth of experience and Board roles in key public and private sector organisations, Datuk Abu Huraira will provide PIDM with strong strategic direction and governance oversight towards fulfilling our mandate of promoting financial system stability.”
“We would also like to express our gratitude and sincere appreciation to Dato Sri (Dr) Zukri Samat for his wisdom, insights, and contribution to PIDM during his term as Chairman. We wish him well and the very best in his future endeavours,” added Rafiz.
With this new appointment, the members of the Board of Directors of PIDM are:
• Datuk Abu Huraira Abu Yazid (Chairman)
• Dato’ Sri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour (Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia) – ex officio
• Datuk Johan Mahmood Merican (Secretary General of the Treasury) – ex officio
• Datuk Dr Yacob Mustafa
• Encik Razali Othman
• Dato Dr Nik Ramlah Mahmood
• Dato’ Dr Gan Wee Beng
• Ms Gloria Goh Ewe Gim
• Mr Lee Kong Eng
Issued by:
Corporate Communication Department,
Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia.