Ismail bin Bakar

Ismail bin Bakar is Chairman of Railway Assets Corp., Deputy Chairman of Bintulu Port Authority, Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of KPJ Healthcare Bhd.
since 2024, Deputy Chairman of Johor Corp., Chairman of Johor Plantations Group Bhd.
since 2023, Chairman of Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission, Director of Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn.
Bhd., Director of Malaysia Airports Sdn.
Bhd., Director of Biport Bulkers Sdn.
Bhd., Member of The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, and Chancellor of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris.
Former roles include Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Bintulu Port Holdings Bhd.
(2019–2021), Chairman of Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd.
(2020–2026), Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd.
(2015), Director of Razak School of Government, Director-Anti Narcotics Task Force for the Government of Malaysia (1983–1990), Director-National Budget at Malaysia Ministry of Finance (2014–2018), Director of Kulim (Malaysia) Bhd.
(2022–2023), Director of Malaysian Institute of Integrity (2018–2019), Director of Razak School of Government (2018–2020), Director of Malaysia Rail Link Sdn.
Bhd.
(2019–2020), Director of Bank Negara Malaysia, Director of Mimos Technology Solutions Sdn.
Bhd., Chief Secretary for the Government of Malaysia (2018–2020), Deputy Secretary General-Policy at Malaysia Ministry of Defence (2008–2014), and Secretary General at Malaysia Ministry of Transport (2014–2018).
Education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of Malaya (1983), an MBA from The University of Hull (1996), and a doctorate from The University of Hull (2005).