Dato’ Seri Azmir Merican is currently the Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Sime Darby Property. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from Haworth College of Business, Western Michigan University, United States of America.

He has 30 years of corporate experience, with over 15 years spent at the senior most leadership role. He brings a rich blend of cross-functional expertise in investments & private equity, corporate advisory, as well as operational management into his current role and a leadership style known for driving transformation.

Dato’ Seri Azmir started his career as an investment analyst with the Maybank Group, working in its venture capital and private equity business. He then moved to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (“PwC”) corporate advisory arm where he managed assignments across multiple industries. He subsequently held management roles in CIMB Investment Bank where he helped establish the bank’s private equity business, managing proprietary and third-party funds.

In 2007, he was tapped for the leadership role at AWC Berhad, the company was restructured into a leading provider of engineering services and integrated facilities management across Malaysia, Singapore, and the Middle East.

In 2012, he was recruited as Group Chief Operating Officer, Business Units, for UEM Group where he was tasked to oversee the company’s “4th core” businesses across 12 countries. There, he successfully orchestrated the merger, acquisition, and integration of five companies across Healthcare Services, Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Consultancy, held under UEM Edgenta Berhad which he subsequently led as Managing Director/CEO before assuming his current position in 2020.

He is currently driving Sime Darby Property’s transformation into a Real Estate company focused at building a leading property business for landed homes and high-rise, industrial development, and an Investment & Asset Management business for recurring income. For leadership within the real estate industry, Dato’ Seri Azmir was awarded as “Outstanding Property CEO” at The Edge Malaysia Property Excellence Awards (“TEPEA”) 2023. In 2024, Sime Darby Property was named Malaysia’s number one property developer at The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Awards, which anchors TEPEA in celebrating prominent property figures and outstanding property developments.

Sime Darby Property is Malaysia’s leading property developer with over 50 years of experience in building sustainable communities. With more than 100,000 homes across 25 active townships and developments under its belt, as well as a total estimated GDV of RM103 billion, Sime Darby Property has a wide reach throughout the country. Its townships and developments are connected to major highways and transportation hubs within key growth areas from the central region of Klang Valley to Negeri Sembilan and Johor in the South. Sime Darby Property marked its presence in the United Kingdom as part of a Malaysian consortium that redeveloped the iconic Battersea Power Station in Central London. As at December 2022, it has approximately 14,700 acres of land bank, most of which are located strategically on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

We are proud of our achievement as the first Malaysian property developer to be awarded the International FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Awards twice for its Subang Jaya and UEP Subang Jaya townships. In 2019, we were selected as an index component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for the second consecutive year. Sime Darby Property became a public listed entity on 30 November 2017, the beginning of a new era for the company. As a recognised brand with an established track record, the largest land bank in Malaysia at the most strategic locations, and a wide product offering for all market segments, Sime Darby Property is ready to chart its own future.