Dr Farid, aged 34, a Malaysian, was appointed Non-Independent Non-Executive Alternate Director to Tunku Dato’ Mahmood Fawzy Tunku Muhiyiddin on 25 April 2008. He holds a Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, a Masters in Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts with first class honours specialising in Chemical Engineering, all from the University of Cambridge.

Dr Farid is Director, Investments of Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah). He has been with Khazanah since 2004 and has also served in Khazanah’s Transformation Management Office and Senior Vice President, Managing Director’s Office before assuming his current position in April 2010. Prior to that, Dr Farid was a consultant at McKinsey & Company for 2 years.

Dr Farid is a Director of Axiata Group Berhad [Axiata]. He also sits on the board of several subsidiaries within Axiata Group such as Celcom Axiata Berhad.