Dato’ Charon Wardini Mokhzani is the Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad (“EXIM Bank”) and Chairman of Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga Berhad. He is also the Chairman of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council Malaysia. He is on the boards of the Yayasan Tuanku Syed Putra Perlis, Yayasan Tuanku Fauziah and the Kuala Lumpur Business Club.
He has extensive experience in law, finance, investments, and socio-economic policy. Among other posts, he was the Managing Partner of Zaid Ibrahim & Co., the Deputy Chief Executive of CIMB Group, Chairman of CIMB Principal Asset Management, the first Managing Director of the Khazanah Research Institute, Executive Director of Khazanah Nasional and Group Managing Director of Malaysian Industrial Development Finance. He was on the boards of Universiti Putra Malaysia and Cagamas Berhad.
Dato’ Charon started his career in London, United Kingdom as a pupil barrister, then became an advocate and solicitor at Shearn Delamore & Co. in Kuala Lumpur and later joined Rashid Hussain Securities as a Manager, Corporate Finance.
He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Balliol College, University of Oxford, and Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is a Fellow of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers and a non‑practising Barrister of the Middle Temple of the United Kingdom and Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya.