ORGANISATIONAL LEADERSHIP
(Individual Assignment – Part A & B)
Name: Santhia a/p Marathamuthu
Student ID: CGS 00700129
Tutor’s Name: Dr. Wardah Binti Mohamad
BPOL 7103 – ORGANISATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Content Page
1.0 Introduction & Background 2 - 3
2.0 Competencies 4 - 5
3.0 Characteristics and Traits 6 - 9
3.1 Characteristics of Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar 6 - 7
3.2 Traits of Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar 7 - 9
4.0 Leadership Concepts 10 - 13
5.0 Lesson Learnt 14 – 15
6.0 References 16 - 17
1.0 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Dato' Sri Abdul Wahid Omar the former Chief Executive Officer for Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) who is recently appointed as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Financial Affairs. Prior to his ministerial appointment, Abdul Wahid served as the CEO of Maybank. After the Malaysia's General Election 2013, he was appointed as one of the Ministers in the Prime Ministers department as he was appointed as a senator by the Prime Minister.
Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar was the President and CEO of Maybank, Malaysia’s largest banking group, a position he has held since May 2008. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom) and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar is a director of several Maybank subsidiaries including Maybank Ageas Holdings, Maybank Investment Bank and Bank International Indonesia. He is also Chairman of The Association of Banks in Malaysia and Malaysian Electronic Payment System Sdn Bhd (MEPS), Vice Chairman of Institute of Bankers Malaysia as well as a member of the Investment Panels of Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP) (Retirement Fund Incorporated) and Lembaga Tabung Haji (Pilgrims Fund Board of Malaysia).
Prior to joining Maybank, he was Group Chief Executive Officer of Telekom Malaysia Berhad from July 2004 until its demerger with Axiata Group