Datuk Syed Hamadah was appointed to the Board of MMC Port Holdings Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 5 June 2025. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Finance, Risk and Investment Committee.

Datuk Syed Hamadah graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics from Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom in 1994. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland (the predecessor of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries) in 2010. He is also currently a Fellow member of the Actuarial Society of Malaysia.

In 1994, Datuk Syed Hamadah began his career as a Technical Analyst at PETRONAS Trading Corporation Sdn Bhd before leaving in 1996 to join Mercer Zainal Consulting Sdn Bhd as an Analyst. He progressed from Analyst to Consultant, then Senior Consultant, and eventually Principal. Following a management buyout in 2011, the firm was rebranded as Actuarial Partners Consulting Sdn Bhd (“Actuarial Partners”), where he served as Partner and Director until 2018.

In 2018, Datuk Syed Hamadah was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pencen, a position he held until 2020. He then rejoined Actuarial Partners as Senior Partner in 2020 and was appointed Director of Actuarial Partners in 2022. He stepped down from his role as Senior Partner in 2023 to take the role of Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Lembaga Tabung Haji, a position he held from 2023 to 2025, while continuing as a Director at Actuarial Partners.

Datuk Syed Hamadah has over 25 years of experience in the actuarial and financial services industry, encompassing consulting, pension fund management, investment management and institutional leadership. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences of Universiti Teknologi MARA.