He served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) from March 2021 to his resignation and political appointments in December 2023.

[3] Amir was born in Penang and moved to Kuala Lumpur at an early age with his other two siblings, one of them Ikhwan Azizan worked under his previous role at Petronas.

Following in 2004, he held the position of Regional Business Director (Europe, America, Africa and FSU) at MISC Berhad in London, United Kingdom before being appointed president and chief executive officer (CEO) of AET Tanker Holdings Sdn Bhd on 1 April 2005.

Amir was promoted as president and CEO of MISC Berhad from 1 January 2009 until 14 June 2010, and on 29 August 2016, he has led UEM Edgenta as its chairman.

[6] Amir held the position of CEO of the Employees' Provident Fund from 1 March 2021 to 12 December 2023, replacing Tunku Alizakri Alias, Member of the Board of Sime Darby as well as the Chairman of Malaysian Resources Corp Berhad (MRCB).