Syed Umar Bin Abdul Rahman Alhadad
Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer
Eq8 Capital Sdn Bhd
Syed Umar Bin Abdul Rahman Alhadad (“Umar Alhadad”) is the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Executive Director of Eq8 Capital Sdn Bhd, the Kenanga Investors Berhad wholly owned subsidiary specialising in Exchange Traded Fund. As CEO, he oversees the overall aspect of the business while ensuring company’s health and productivity are steered towards a sustainable growth.
Over the years since 2010, Umar Alhadad has led multiple end-to-end M&A’s for the Kenanga group with close to RM1 billion in transaction size. His other experiences within the capital market industry include strategic planning, risk management, anti-money laundering and digital transformation.
Prior to Kenanga, he spearheaded the WPP Group company, Spafax Airline Network Malaysian outfit. This was preceded by his employment experience on the rollout for digital surveillance system for bank branches.
Umar Alhadad graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Electronics Majoring in Telecommunications. As a certified Financial Planner, he has in the past held the Capital Markets Services Representative’s Licence (“CMSRL”) in Financial Planning from the Securities Commission Malaysia. Umar Alhadad presently holds the CMSRL in Fund Management.