Arifin Zakaria has been appointed as Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) group chairman and Yayasan Pelaburan Bumiputra (YPB) trustee effective today.

Announcing this in a statement today, PNB said he was chief justice of Malaysia between 2011 and 2017, and chief judge of the High Court from 2008 to 2011.