Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia (PIDM) has appointed Rafiz Azuan Abdullah as its CEO with effect from August 28, 2017. Abdullah has been with PIDM since 2007 and was previously working as the executive general manager there. Prior to this, he held the position of general manager, insurance, risk assessment and monitoring division. Before joining PIDM, he spent 10 years with Rating Agency Malaysia, specialising in ratings of financial institutions, real estate, and plantation and construction companies. Abdullah graduated from Lancaster University, United Kingdom, with majors in Accounting and Finance. He then pursued a professional accounting qualification (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) at Emile Woolf College in London, United Kingdom.