Dato’ Dr. Suzana Idayu Wati was appointed as the Chairperson of IIUMH on 5th May 2022.

Dato’ Dr. Suzana is the General Director of Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA)

She is a seasoned C-Suite professional with 30 years of experience in the food, agriculture, financial services and institutional asset management industries.

Having held various Board positions and diverse roles at C-Level provide unique strategic perspectives in the management of multi-business corporate and multi-asset financial portfolios.

She served as Chairman, Board of Director and Advisor of more than 35 entities across various sectors such as plantation, downstream agri-business, oleochemicals, consumers goods, technology, travel, construction, livestock, logistic, trading, fintech and private equity.

She holds a PhD in Finance and MBA (Finance) from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2004 and 2011 respectively. She also holds a BA (Hons) Business Studies from University of Huddersfield, UK in 1992. She has attended the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Programme (AMP) in 2009.

She is currently the chairperson of Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council and a Non Independent Non-Executive Director of Encorp Berhad. She is also a Board Member of FELDA and Private Pension Administrator.