Former chief executive officer (CEO) of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) told the High Court here today that he had no opportunity to tell the then Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin that he had no experience in financial matters.

Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi (picture), 49, said that his appointment as CEO of Terengganu Investment Authority Berhad (TIA) and later renamed 1MDB was decided by people above him, namely the TIA board and the stakeholders being the federal and state government.