Akmar served as Senior Investment Manager for VentureTECH since May 2015. Previously, she spent more than 15 years in Maybank and her last position was as a Senior Account Manager for Corporate Remedial Management. She was responsible for activities related to loan origination, monitoring, and recovery for SME and Mid-Corporate clients from various industries in Maybank . In that capacity, she was also tasked to provide advisory and overall strategy to the SME Business Center. Akmar received her MBA from Universiti Utara Malaysia. She obtaind a Professional Credit Certification from Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers and had also received Professional Credit Certification from Omega International.