Dato' Hamidah Naziadin joined CIMB Securities, a stockbroking arm of Commerce International Merchant Banker Berhad, in February 1991 to set up its Personnel Unit. In August 2001, Dato’ Hamidah was transferred to the parent bank, CIMB, to head and manage the group functions for Human Resource and Administration and had developed those functions from support to strategic ones. She served as Group Chief People Officer of CIMB Group until November 2020, one of ASEAN’s leading universal banking groups and Malaysia’s second largest financial services provider. She had overseen the human resource function and played a critical role integrating CIMB’s resources due to the various mergers and acquisitions within Malaysia and across ASEAN and APAC regions.

She continues to provide strategic direction and puts in place effective people strategies to drive the human capital agenda across the Group. A firm believer in talent management, she also oversees the Commerce Leadership Institute to ensure that the talent management strategy is focused on creating a high performing workforce. Previously, Dato’ Hamidah was also a Commissioner of CIMB Niaga, Indonesia and a member of CIMB Niaga’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee from 2010 to September 2014. She has 29 years of experience in human resource, of which 24 years is with the CIMB Group. She has led her team to secure many HR-related awards for CIMB. Prior to joining CIMB, she was with Pacific Bank.

Today, Dato' Hamidah leverages her vast expertise as the independent executive director on the boards of Maxis, Nestlé, and Sime Darby Property, continuing to shape strategic business decisions and governance across these leading organisations.