Iskandar Ismail was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for MyCC on 15th October 2018 after serving as the Director of Investigation and Enforcement Division for more than 5 years. He graduated from the International Islamic University with LLB (Hons) in 1997 and holds an LLM in International and Comparative Law from the George Washington University Law School, Washington DC. Admitted to the High Court of Malaysia as an advocate and solicitor, he has served at Bank Negara Malaysia as a Prosecuting Officer for 7 years. Prior to joining MyCC, he was an Assistant Trial Attorney with the United Nations for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania for 8 years. Iskandar was also appointed as the Chairman of the ASEAN Expert Group on Competition (AEGC) Meeting representing Malaysia for 2019.

During his tenure as Chief Executive Officer and the Director of the Investigation and Enforcement Division, Iskandar has led and overseen the investigation of many of MyCC’s landmark cases such as Malaysian Airline Systems Bhd and AirAsia Berhad, Container Depot Operators in Penang, MyEG Services Bhd, the General Insurance Association of Malaysia (PIAM) and its 22 members, Dagang Net Technologies Sdn. Bhd. and several others. As the Chief Executive Officer, he also oversees cases involving Grab and the first bid rigging case in Malaysia involving 8 IT companies. He also led the Market Review on Food Sector and the Market Review on Service Sector (Wholesale and Retail for Selected Products) which received widespread attention and positive impact from various parties. He has also been frequently invited as a speaker at several local and foreign conferences, forums and seminars given his experience and practical knowledge in the investigation and enforcement of Competition Law such as speaker at the 2022 ABA Antitrust Law Spring Meeting, 21st International Conference on competition & 2022 ICN Annual Conference and Antitrust in Asia Conference.