Mirzan Mahathir founded Crescent Capital Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian investment holding and independent strategic and financial advisory firm. He currently manages his investments in Malaysia and oversees while facilitating business collaboration in the region.

He holds directorships in several public and private companies in South East Asia.

He also serves as President of the Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute, Chairman of several charitable foundations and a member of the Wharton School Executive Board for Asia and the Business Advisory Council of United nations ESCAP.

He was formerly the Executive Chairman and President of Konsortium Logistik Berhad (1992-2007), Executive Chairman of Sabit Sdn Bhd (1990-1992), Associate of Salomon Brothers in New York, USA (1986-1990) and Systems Engineer at IBM World Trade Corporation (1982-1985).

Mirzan graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Computer Science from Brighton Polytechnic, United Kingdom and obtained his Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.