Rashid Karim joined as Chief Executive Officer of Iskandar Malaysia Studios in March 2019.

Prior to that he was Chief Commercial Officer at Granatum Ventures, the investment holding company for Khazanah’s Creative & Media assets, including IMS and Rhizophora Group which was involved in content development, investment and distribution. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Investments at Khazanah Nasional Berhad in the Creative & Media team.

Rashid Karim served on the Board of Directors of National Film Development of Malaysia (FINAS) from 2018 to 2020, and is currently on the Industry Development, International Marketing & Animation Content Board Sub-Committee.

He completed his Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales (ICAEW) training at Deloitte London in 2011 and has a Law (LLB Hons) degree from the London School of Economics.