Zuhairi Ismail was appointed as the independent director of the Eastspring Al-Wara Investments Berhad on 15 July 2020.
With over 24 years of experience within the financial industry (Banking, Finance, Insurance and Takaful), Zuhairi has held a number of senior management roles with cross-functional experiences in areas of internal audit, compliance, as well as risk management. He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Zurich General Takaful Berhad. He started his career as internal auditor with MBf Finance Berhad in 1996. In 2002, he joined AMI Insurans Berhad, a subsidiary of Bumiputra Commerce Holding Berhad (currently known as CIMB Group), where he had become Acting Head of Internal Audit. Two years later, he was transferred within the Group to Bumiputra Commerce Bank and was exposed to the audit of overseas bank and branches. In 2006, he had been entrusted to senior role in CIMB Aviva, an Insurance and Takaful entities. In 2010, he joined Uni.Asia General Insurance Berhad (currently known as Liberty Insurance) as Head of Compliance and was later entrusted to become Chief Internal Auditor. Subsequently in 2014, he joined Zurich Malaysia as an Audit Director - Country Chief Internal Auditor.
Zuhairi who holds a Bachelor of Accounting and Finance from the University of the West of England in Bristol, United Kingdom is also a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), a Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia (CMIIA), a Chartered Professional in Islamic Finance (CPIF) and a Chartered Member of Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance (CIIF).