Hairil Izwar began his career with Maybank Finance for two years before joining Telekom Malaysia (TM), for more than 15 years in various divisions and subsidiary companies of TM Group. During his tenure with TM, he gained extensive exposures in Business Development and Big Data Analytics.

Hairil Izwar had successfully introduced and implemented multiple impactful projects including a few major Government’s Big Data Analytics projects, smart partnership, digital lifestyle, sales coverage, e-form and biometric projects that improved the organization’s performance while holding the position as Head, SME Business Development at TM SME.

Hairil Izwar holds a Bachelor in Business Finance (Hons) from Universiti Utara Malaysia and accomplished Digital Transformation Journey Program from IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland. He joined SME Bank on 12 November 2018 to assume the position as the Group Chief Digital & Technology Transformation Officer.