Datuk Khairul Idham Bin Ismail is a lawyer by profession. He was called to the Malaysian Bar in September 2000. He holds a LLB (2nd Class Upper Division) from King’s College, London and a Certificate in Legal Practice (C.L.P.) from the Legal Profession Qualifying Board of Malaysia.

He started his legal career with Messrs David Chong & Co in 2000 before joining the Corporate Secretarial and Legal Department of MMC Corporation Berhad in January 2003. He joined Messrs Naqiz & Partners in 2006 and was promoted to become its Managing Partner in 2015. Datuk Khairul’s experience in the legal industry includes all corporate & commercial matters, capital markets, Islamic banking & finance, construction and real estate transactions, infrastructure and projects, corporate restructuring, public-private partnerships, privatisation and intellectual property.

Datuk Khairul is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Niche Capital Emas Holdings Berhad (“Niche Capital”) since 26 May 2015. Niche Capital is a public listed company on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and is principally involved in construction, property investment and jewellery trading. Datuk Khairul was re-designated as the Chairman of the Board of Niche Capital on 29 May 2017.