Kamal Areif

Senior Partner

Kamal is the former CEO of iPivot Sdn Bhd, a licensed ECF in Malaysia. He started his 24-year career in the Corporate Recovery / Insolvency practice before moving to Investment Banking where he was mainly involved in IPO for the ACE and Main Board. Later, he was began his 13-year journey in few VC and Private Equity firms.

He played significant role in different stages within the investment cycle from origination to exit, with an estimated investment size concluded around RM300M in Malaysia and SEA markets. Later, he headed to the corporate world and served as Head of Corporate Finance in public listed companies for 4 years where involved in loan restructuring, SUKUK issuance of up to RM700M, fund raising via corporate loan up to RM500M.
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Kamal obtained his degree in Bachelor of Finance Administration (1st Class) from University of New England (1998). He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from Securities Institute of Australia in collaboration with PNB Investment Institute in 2004.