Dato' Iskandar is a corporate leader with over 32 years of experience serving several companies from multinationals to GLCs, in multiple sectors, of which 18 years in leadership positions.

He served Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) as General Manager (1999-2003) where he led the IPO and listing of MAHB on Bursa Malaysia. His portfolio included Finance, Corporate Finance, Business Development and Investor Relations. He was also involved in international ventures including taking over the operations of India's Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and as Board Member of Cambodia's Phnom Penh and Siem Reap airports. He has postal and logistics background having served as Group CEO of Pos Malaysia Berhad (2013-2015).

Dato' Iskandar specialises in turnaround initiatives. He was mandated by Ministry of Finance and Khazanah Nasional Berhad to turnaround companies such as Malaysian Technology Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (2003-2005) and Granatum Ventures Sdn Bhd (2017-2019). He also led Media Prima Berhad's turnaround from 2019 to 2021 (2019-2020 as Group Executive Director, and 2020-2021 as Group Managing Director).

He was involved in technology sector as founding CEO of Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation Sdn Bhd and Chairman of Malaysian Bio-XCell Sdn Bhd (2005-2011). He had also served on boards of technology sector public listed companies i.e., Globetronics Technology Berhad as the Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) (2012-2021) and currently sit on the board of Theta Edge Berhad (Chairman 2017-2019, INED 2019-present). He had ventured into education sector as Managing Director of Manipal Education Malaysia Sdn Bhd, in which he held a 30% equity interest (2011-2013).

Dato' Iskandar sat on Lembaga Tabung Haji Investment Panel (2016-2018). He had served leading financial institutions including Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad and Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad (1991-1999). He began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co