CEO - Regulated Investment Platform (Malaysia)

About the role

Doit Holdings is looking for a CEO to build and own its regulated investment platform in Malaysia and to act as the Securities Commission's named Responsible Person. The platform is an e-Services Platform for users to invest in listed securities and unit trusts offered by licensed partners, and the role covers registration, building the operating company and running the business once it is live.

Key responsibilities

• Own the registration end to end, from pre-application consultation with the Securities Commission through submission, conditional approval and launch.
• Act as the Responsible Person, the SC's named contact, and sign the system and operational readiness declaration.
• Build the operating company across technology, security, compliance and operations.
• Own partner relationships with licensed intermediaries and fund managers, including the written allocation of anti-money laundering monitoring responsibility.
• Own P&L, customer growth, revenue, unit economics and operating performance.
• Run the platform in an orderly, fair and transparent manner, with fair fees and an applied rulebook.
• Keep the board properly informed and support it in its oversight duties.

Required profile

• At least 10 years of professional experience building or running a regulated financial services or fintech business.
• At least 5 years in financial services, capital markets or regulated fintech, with at least 3 at senior management level with functional or P&L ownership.
• At least 3 years of direct exposure to capital market intermediation, distribution or market operation.
• Prior direct dealings with a financial regulator in a named or accountable capacity.
• Degree or professional qualification from an institution recognised by the Malaysian government, meeting the SC's fit and proper criteria.
• Available full-time; the Responsible Person must be appointed full-time and cannot hold another executive role.
• Experience of unit trust distribution or online broking in Malaysia, or of launching under conditional approval, is useful.
• Hands-on operating style, able to read guidelines, review the onboarding flow and drive regulatory and commercial work personally.
• Based in, or able to work from, the location where the role is advertised; English is the main working language.