Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Mokhtar is the Managing Director of Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah), the strategic investment arm of the Government of Malaysia. Prior to his appointment in June 2004, he was the Managing Director and co-founder of BinaFikir Sdn Bhd, a financial consultancy, the Director, Head of Country Research, Salomon Smith Barney Malaysia and the Director, Head of Research, Union Bank of Switzerland in Malaysia. Before that, he held various positions in the then National Electricity Board (LLN) and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB).

Tan Sri Dato’ Azman is the Chairman of Iskandar Investment Berhad, Axiata Group Berhad and Valuecap Sdn Bhd and holds various board memberships including UEM Group Berhad, Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA), Yayasan Khazanah, Jadwa Investment of Saudi Arabia and Fajr Capital Ltd headquartered in Dubai. He serves on various public service bodies including the Performance Management & Delivery Unit (PEMANDU), the Advisory Board for Cluster of Excellence Schools, the Board of Governors of the Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Yayasan Khazanah and the Executive Committee of Malaysia International Islamic Financial Centre (MIFC). He is also a member of the Board of the Trustees of Asia Business Council, the INSEAD East Asia Council and the Global Agenda Council for 2011 of the World Economic Forum on the role of business. 

He obtained his M.Phil in Development Studies from Darwin College, Cambridge University, is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Islamic Studies from the International Islamic University, Malaysia.