Dato’ Hamidah Naziadin

SUMMIT – DAY1 – 22 July 2026

FireSide Chat : Coaching the Unimaginable: Building Human Capacity in Ambiguity & Change

In an era of “unimaginable” disruption, leadership is shifting from providing fixed answers to asking better questions. This fireside chat explores how coaching reframes leadership capacity in moments of radical uncertainty, moving from linear problem-solving to adaptive resilience through conscious leadership and systems thinking.

The discussion highlights empathy as a strategic capability for navigating organisational change and complexity, alongside the importance of the ICF of Ethics as an essential anchor for decision-making under pressure.

Attendees will gain insight into how a coaching mindset strengthens collective capacity, shifting from individual authority to systemic awareness, and enabling organisations to become more adaptive and resilient in the face of uncertainty.

Dato’ Hamidah Naziadin serves as a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Board Sustainability Committee. 

She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Wolverhampton and a Certificate in Personnel Management, Malaysian Institute of Personnel Management.
Dato’ Hamidah Naziadin has more than 31 years of extensive strategic human resources (HR) and leadership experience in the financial services sectors across Malaysia and ASEAN.

Dato’ Hamidah was formerly the Group Chief People Officer of the CIMB Group, a position she held up to October 2020. During her tenure with CIMB Group, she led people strategies to attract, develop and retain talent, cultivated an agile workforce to prepare for the future of work, and enhanced the end-to-end employee experience via technology innovation. Her key achievements included strategising
the resource integration in successful mergers and acquisitions over the years, within Malaysia and across ASEAN and APAC regions, and implementing strategic HR programmes that had earned peer and industry recognition through numerous awards.
Dato’ Hamidah was also the CEO of CIMB Foundation from May 2016 to October 2020. As the CEO of CIMB Foundation, she has led the corporate social responsibility agenda of CIMB Group branding CIMB as an organisation with a heart both with its internal and external stakeholders, focusing on enhancing community development, sports and education including advocating financial literacy amongst the youth. She was also a member of the Board of Commissioner,
PT Bank CIMB Niaga, Indonesia from 2010 to September 2014.
Dato’ Hamidah is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Maxis Berhad and Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad. She also sits on the Board of Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia. Dato’ Hamidah is active in mentoring and coaching young talent and women at various formal and informal settings.

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