Iskandar appointed CEO of MyCC

KUALA LUMPUR: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has appointed Iskandar Ismail ( pix) as the new CEO of the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) effective Oct 15.

Iskandar previously held the position of MyCC’s director of investigation and enforcement division from February 2013 and acted as the CEO for six months following the retirement of former CEO Datuk Abu Samah Shabudin on April 16.

Iskandar is a law graduate of the International Islamic University (IIUM) and also holds Master in International and Comparative Law from the George Washington University Law School. He was called to the bar as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in August 1998 and later served at the central bank of Malaysia as the prosecuting officer. He was part of the pioneering prosecuting team in the legal department of the central bank until 2005.

Prior to joining the commission as director, he was an assistant trial attorney with the United Nations for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania for eight years, prosecuting genocide and serious violations of international human rights laws. He is currently listed in the Justice Rapid Response expert roster, a professional service provider to entities that have the jurisdiction or mandate to investigate fact-find or carry out inquiries wherever mass atrocities may have occurred.

As director of the investigation and enforcement division, Iskandar has led and overseen the investigation of many of the MyCC’s landmark cases such as Malaysian Airline Systems Bhd and AirAsia Bhd, container depot operators in Penang, MyEG Services Bhd, the General Insurance Association of Malaysia and its 22 members, Dagang Net Technologies Sdn Bhd and several others.

“I am looking forward to bringing MyCC to greater heights and being amongst one of the leading government agencies in Malaysia to protect the interests of businesses, consumers and the economy as a whole. In line with the policies of the current government, the commission will not hesitate to take swift and stern action against all enterprises whether big or small, that are found engaged in such anti-competitive practice such as cartels and abusive monopolies,” said Iskandar.