Mohd Farid Nawawi is the Chief Risk Officer of PAAB.  Farid graduated in Bachelor of Commerce from University of Wollongong, Australia in 1989.

He started his career as an Executive in the Corporate Banking Department in Maybank in 1990.  In his capacity as an officer in Corporate Banking, he managed a portfolio of local corporates and multinational companies, structuring comprehensive banking facilities for clients.  In 1992, he joined Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad, first in Corporate Banking and later in Capital Markets Department, specialised in project advisory and project financing where he became a Manager. He then moved to BSN Merchant Bank Bhd in March 1997 to head and set up the Bank's Capital Markets Unit.

In May 2000, he joined the Large Local Clients team in Standard Chartered Bank, handling a portfolio of Governmental and Institutional clients as well as became the Head of Islamic Banking for the Wholesale Bank. He then became the Deputy CEO of Avenue Securities Sdn. Bhd., a universal broker before joining MIMB Investment Bank Bhd, a subsidiary of EON Bank Bhd, in Aug 2006. He was Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director at MIMB until December 2008.