Syed Umar Bin Abdul Rahman Alhadad (“Umar Alhadad”) was appointed as an Executive Director and Acting Chief Executive Officer of Eq8 Capital Sdn Bhd (Formerly known as i-VCAP Management Sdn Bhd) (“Eq8”) on 19 February 2021.
Prior to Eq8, Umar Alhadad was Head of Strategic Planning and Risk at Eq8’s parent company, Kenanga Investors Berhad (“KIB”) where his role revolves around the strategic setting and implementation of key initiatives whilst overseeing the risk management of the company. His previous role in the Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad group includes stints at Group Corporate Planning and Group Transformation.
During those period, Umar Alhadad lead multiple end-to-end M&A’s for the group with close to RM1 billion in transaction size, several licence applications and council admission. He also steered the digital transformation of KIB.
Before being part of the Kenanga Group, Umar was in the media and advertising sector at Spafax, a WPP Group company where he spearheaded the Malaysian outfit. This was preceded by his employment experience on the rollout and support for digital surveillance system for bank branches.Umar Alhadad is a graduate of Multimedia University, Malaysia in B.Eng (Hons) Electronics Majoring in Telecommunications and a Certified Financial Planner. He holds a Capital Markets Services Representative’s Licence from the Securities Commission Malaysia for fund management.