Azman Hashim

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Early life

Azman bin Hashim was born on 17 July 1939 in Kuala Lumpur into a family of 13 siblings[3][4] and spent his childhood in Kampung Baru.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". His mother, Zabedah Shahid,[5] was a schoolteacher who later became headmistress of the Kampung Baru Girls' School, and his father was a technician.[6] Azman's grandmother was from Imabari, Ehime, Japan.[7] He attended the Malay Boys' School in Setapak and the Methodist Boys' School in Sentul.[1] In 1954, at age 15, he sat for the Senior Cambridge Examination and obtained First Class marks.[3][6] He became a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Secretary before the age of 21.[4]

Career

Azman's career began in Perth, where he worked at Chartered Accountants Messrs O.L. Haines & Co from 1955 to 1960 on a Colombo Plan scholarship.[4][3][6] Upon his return to Malaysia in 1960, he spent four years at Bank Negara Malaysia before leaving to start his own chartered accountancy firm, Azman & Co., which later became Azman Wang Salleh & Co.[3][4] He became a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in 1960,[4] and later the Institute of Bankers, Malaysia, the Institute of Directors, Malaysia and the Malaysian Institute of Management.[4][3] He joined Maybank in 1966 as its non-executive director, then served as executive director from 1971 to 1980.[8][3][6] He was Executive Chairman of Kwong Yik Bank Berhad from 1980 and 1982.[3]

Azman purchased the AmBank Group (AMMB), then called the Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank, in 1982.[6][9][10] He oversaw the company during the Malaysian economic crisis in 1980; the 1997 Asian financial crisis, during which the bank was nearly folded into Affin Bank in an effort by the government to consolidate banks; and the 2008 financial crisis.[8][11][12] In 2017, he began to transition out of his roles of Chairman and Director in six companies within AmBank Group: AmBank, AmInvestment Bank, AmMetLife Takaful, AmBank Islamic, AmMetLife Insurance, and AmGeneral Insurance.[13] He was Chairman of AmBank Group from 1991 to 2019.[3][14][6][15] After fully retiring from AMMB in 2022, he remained in his role of Chairman for the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers,[9][16][11] Asian Banking School, Financial Industry Collective Outreach, Malaysia South-South Corp, Malaysia-Japan Economic Association, Perdana Leadership Foundation, Malaysia South-South Association, and University of Technology Malaysia's Business School Advisory Council, and as Chairman Emeritus of the Pacific Basin Economic Council.[16][11] He also continued to serve as Chairman Emeritus and honorary advisor on AmBank's board.[12]

Over the course of his career, he has held roles as Chairman of the Asian Institute of Finance's board of directors,[17] Japan-Malaysia Economic Association (MAJECA),[18] Malaysian Investment Banking Association, National Productivity Corporation, and Institute of Bankers Malaysia. He has also served as president of the Malaysia South-South Corporation, Malaysia-Japan Economic Association, and Friends of Prisons Association. In 2015, he was an existing member of the National Economic Consultative Council II, APEC Business Advisory Council, Malaysia-British Business Council, and the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance.[4] He is also Pro Chancellor of Open University Malaysia.[19]

Awards and honours

Awards given to Azman throughout his career include: Asia's Banker of the Year (FinanceAsia, 1985);[3][20] ASEAN Businessman of the Year (ASEAN Business Forum, 1993); Manager of the Year (Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia, 1995); Grand Entrepreneurial Award (Kuala Lumpur Malay Chamber of Commerce, 1996); Menteri Besar Grand Entrepreneurial Award (Selangor Chamber of Commerce, 1997); Academy Values for Life Excellence for his humanitarian contributions (2004);[3][1] and the Lifetime Achievement Award (Islamic Business and Finance Awards, 2009).[21][3]

The Ace Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur and University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) both have auditoriums named after him.[22][23] In 2018, after two years of RM5 million in donations to the school's endowment fund, UTM officially named its banking school the Azman Hashim International Business School.[24] UTM's campus also has a Azman Hashim Stadium.[25] In 2019, the Open University Malaysia established the Azman Hashim Chair in E-Learning.[26] In 2020, he donated a Japanese garden, Miyakubo Hashim (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Park, to Imabari, Ehime, Japan, where his grandmother was born.[7] In 2023, a RM13.9 million sports facility, the Azman Hashim Community Sports Centre, opened in Sibu Jaya.[27]

Year Award Granting body Notes Ref
1972 Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) King of Malaysia File:MY Darjah Yang Mulia Pangkuan Negara - Officer (K.M.N.).svg [20]
1980 Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (DPMS) Sultan of Selangor File:MY-SEL Order of the Crown of Selangor - Knight Commander - DPMS.svg Title (Dato' Sri) issued [28][20]
1984 Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) King of Malaysia File:MY Darjah Yang Mulia Pangkuan Negara (Defender of the Realm) - SMN.svg [20]
1985 Honorary doctorate in philosophy Universiti Utara Malaysia [29]
1988 Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) King of Malaysia File:Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia - PSM.svg Title (Tan Sri) issued [20]
2004 Honorary degree in business administration National University of Malaysia [29]
2008 Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia Governor-General of Australia [30]
2010 Grand Knight of the Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz (SSTM) Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan File:MY-NEG Order of Loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz - SSTM.svg Title (Dato' Seri) issued [31]
2013 Honorary doctorate in management University of Malaya [29]
Honorary doctorate in philosophy in finance International Islamic University Malaysia [29]
2016 Honorary doctorate in management Universiti Sains Malaysia [29]
2017 Honorary doctorate in management leadership University of Technology Malaysia [29]

Personal life

Azman married Tunku Arishah Tunku Maamor on 3 March 1963 and has two sons and three daughters. One of his daughters, Shazrina, is a fashion designer and former vocalist.[6][32] His son Shahman was made chairman of RCE Capital in 2022 and his daughter Shalina is Chairman at Amcorp Properties.[33] Azman is involved in the charitable organizations Malaysian Liver Foundation, Better Malaysia Foundation, and AmGroup Foundation.[4]

His official biography, The Entrepreneurship Banker by Datuk Dr Paddy Bowie, was released in 2015.[34]

References

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