1. Zolkifli Bidin has over 30 years of banking experience, predominantly in Trade Financing and
specializing in trade operations and marketing of trade products. He has worked at Maybank,
Bank of Commerce and Hong Leong Bank, and as a consultant on the Amal Express Bank
Dubai project. He has been an Associate Member of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers
(formerly known as the Institute of Bankers Malaysia – IBBM) since 1981 and was on the
Board of Examiners for their International Trade Finance programme.
He is associated with the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers and Malaysian Chamber of
Commerce and was part of the ASEAN meeting and business talk with South Korea and
Turkmenistan. He also participated in the 2014 Trade Finance Course organised by the
Bankers' Association for Finance and Trade (American Bankers Association) in New Delhi,
India which focused on new developments in international trade, and is well versed in the
Foreign Exchange Administration Rules through his involvement in working with Bank Negara
Malaysia in the liberalization of the Rules. Zolkifli received his Diploma in Banking from the
MARA Institute of Technology (now known as Universiti Teknologi MARA).
Zolkifli’s enthusiasm for badminton has made him an avid player of the game for many years
now and believes that it exercises both his mind and body giving him the focus he needs. He
also loves travelling, reading and interacting with people.