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.

His experience spans more than 30 years in leadership, planning, managing, and controlling the entire spectrum of operational finance and accounting functions of an organisation towards meeting its business objectives and profitability. An action-oriented and dynamic leader, he has immense global experience in the field of finance and operation across various industries such as semiconductor, oil & gas, automotive, property, real estate and infrastructure, hotel and resort as well as education.

Prior to joining DNeX, he helmed CFO role in large government-linked companies such as Proton Holdings Berhad (Automotive), UEM Sunrise Berhad (Property) and Johor Corporation Berhad (Real Estate and Infrastructure).

He also has experience working in the semiconductor industry, having worked abroad for eight years in the United States in ON Semiconductor, and also Motorola Semiconductor (M) Sdn Bhd, where he held various roles in finance which include corporate office, business division, IT, global manufacturing and joint ventures across all regions.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Arizona State University, United States of America and Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance and Corporate Investment), University of North Texas, United States of America. He is also a member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountant and Malaysia Institute of Accountants.

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.