He had a distinguished 36-year career with the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (RMCD), retiring in 2016 as Customs Director. He began his career in 1980 as a Customs Officer in Penang, later serving in various roles across Malaysia, including Sultan Aziz Shah Airport, Port Klang, MIDA, the RMCD Headquarters, and Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Throughout his career, he played a key role in operations, human resources, finance, procurement, tax policy implementation, and combating smuggling. He also represented RMCD at international and domestic high-level meetings.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Letters from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and a Post Research Student Certificate in Tax Systems from Shizuoka University, Japan.

Muhammad Saifullah is responsible for driving growth across the Group by establishing strategic partnerships and ventures, setting overall corporate strategy, administering the Group’s international expansion and overseeing the Group’s technology focused investments through DNeX’s Innovation Fund.

He has over 14 years of experience in the financial services sector, specialising in capital markets and investment banking, and his last position prior to joining DNeX on October 2020, was with Corporate Finance Department of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Berhad. He also served in the Corporate Finance Division of AmInvestment Bank Berhad and Corporate Banking Department of Malayan Banking Berhad.

In addition, he has experience in the fast-moving consumer goods and logistics industry, through his stint with Khazanah Nasional Berhad’s wholly owned investee company, Malaysian Agrifood Corporation Berhad, where he served in the Business Development division. He was also Securities Commissions’ Capital Markets Services Representative’s Licence holder during his stint in Investment Banking.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting and Management from University of Nottingham.