Full Name
Datuk Haji Iskandar bin Ismail
Job Title
Chief Executive Officer
Company
Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC)
Speaker Bio
Datuk Haji Iskandar bin Ismail was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for MyCC on 15 October 2018 after serving as the Director of Investigation and Enforcement Division for more than five years. He graduated from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) with an LLB (Hons) in 1997 and holds an LLM in International and Comparative Law from the George Washington University Law School, Washington DC. Admitted to the High Court of Malaysia as an advocate and solicitor, he served as a Prosecuting Officer at Bank Negara Malaysia for seven years. Prior to joining MyCC, he was an Assistant Trial Attorney with the United Nations for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania for eight years. Datuk Haji Iskandar was also appointed as the Chairman of the ASEAN Expert Group on Competition (AEGC) Meeting, representing Malaysia in 2019 until 2020. During his tenure as Chief Executive Officer and the Director of the Investigation and Enforcement Division, Datuk Haji Iskandar has led and overseen the investigation of many of MyCC’s landmark cases, such as Malaysian Airline Systems Berhad and AirAsia Berhad, Container Depot Operators in Penang, MyEG Services Berhad, the General Insurance Association of Malaysia (PIAM) and its 22 members, Dagang Net Technologies Sdn. Bhd. and several others. As the Chief Executive Officer, he also oversees cases involving Grab and the first bid-rigging case in Malaysia involving eight (8) IT companies. He also led the Market Review on Food Sector and the Market Review on Service Sector (Wholesale and Retail
for Selected Products), Market Review on Selected Transportation Sector and Market Review on Digital Economy Ecosystem which received widespread attention and positive impact from various parties.
Datuk Haji Iskandar bin Ismail