Izwan Zainuddin is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad, a Malaysian Government entity that was established to enhance the participation and involvement of native Malaysian in entrepreneurship and to develop dynamic, resilient, progressive native Malaysian in the commercial and industrial community.
At the same time, he is currently the Chairman of the Association of Development Finance Institutions Malaysia (ADFIM). ADFIM promotes the strengthening of institutional structure and good practices in the development of finance and banking industries. ADFIM is affiliated with the World Federation of Development Financing Institutions, representing Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East with close working relationships with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, United Nations agencies and other international organizations.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Finance from Oklahoma State University and a Diploma in Agribusiness from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia.
He was previously the Chief Operating Officer, Debt Venture of MyCreative Ventures Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian Government investment arm to spur Malaysia’s creative industry. Prior to that, he was the Head of Group Corporate Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations of PROTON Holdings Berhad where he was involved in the strategizing, evaluating and executing of all corporate and fundraising exercises for Proton Group of companies inclusive of Lotus Cars Limited.
Before joining the corporate sector, he was attached to several Malaysian investment banks in the Corporate Finance department specializing in merger and acquisition and fundraising. Among the notable transactions are the RM6 billion merger between Diversified Resources Berhad, HICOM Holdings Berhad, Gadek (Malaysia) Berhad, Gadek Capital Berhad and Master-Carriage (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the RM1.2 billion merger between Southern Bank Berhad, Ban Hin Lee Bank Berhad and United Merchant Finance Berhad and the creation of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Berhad through the RM1 billion merger and restructuring between Utama Merchant Bank Berhad, Amanah Short Deposits Berhad, Malaysia Discounts Berhad and MIDF Sisma Securities Sdn Bhd. In addition, he was also involved in several debts and corporate restructuring exercises after the 1997/1998 Asian financial crisis.