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Nik Najib bin Husain
was appointed as a Director of
EXIM Bank in June 2011.
Nik Najib started his career in the public sector where
he served in the Economic and Finance Divisions in
the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia from 1973 to 1990.
During his time with MOF, Nik Najib was responsible for
managing the Government’s external borrowings from
the World Bank, Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund
of Japan (OECF) and Kreditanstalt fur Wideraufbau of
Germany (KFW) as well as the Government’s lending
programme to the State Governments for housing and
water sectors.
Thereafter, he joined the private sector, serving
Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) in its Corporate
Banking and International Banking Departments
from 1990 to 1999. While at Maybank, Nik Najib was
responsible for lending to public sector companies
such as Petronas, Tenaga Nasional and Telekom.
He was also involved in implementing Maybank’s
overseas expansion programme to Myanmar, China,
Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines and
Papua New Guinea.
In May 1999, Nik Najib joined the Trade Finance
and Promotion Department (TFPD) of the Jeddah-
based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and was later
appointed as Advisor to the CEO, International Islamic
Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a subsidiary of the
IDB Group). He was instrumental in formulating the
Corporation’s medium term strategic and annual
business plans. He also supervised trade financing
operations, funds mobilisation (syndications) and
marketing, focusing mainly on Sub-Saharan/West
Africa, Central Asia, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia and Indonesia.
He retired in December 2008.
Nik Najib holds a B. A. Econs. (Hons) from University
of Malaya and Masters in Public Administration from
University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A.
Nik Najib binHusain
Director
EXIM Bank Annual Report 2013
033