About Us
Dato’ Mohammad Faiz Azmi
Dato’ Faiz was appointed the Executive Chairman of the Securities Commission SC, the capital markets regulator of Malaysia, in June 2024 by the Malaysian Minister of Finance. He was previously a Board member on the SC since August 2023.
He was the Chairman of PwC Malaysia for 11 out of his 30 years with the firm. He has over 38 years of experience in the audit and business advisory services in Malaysia and the UK. He was the leader of PwC’s Global Islamic Finance Team practice from 2007 to September 2012. He was also PwC’s Malaysia’s Financial Services Leader and joint Head of Audit and lead the ESG and Shariah Investing part of PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change practice in Malaysia. He retired as a partner and the Executive
Chairman of PwC Malaysia in June 2023.
Much of his recent work has been with the Federal and State Governments involving work related to Accrual Accounting, acting as an Administrator for an airline and certain government entities and being part of the Federal Government National Covid
vaccine rollout. He has also been involved in the financial restructuring of government agencies as well as investigations.
Dato’ Faiz is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a Fellow of ICAEW. He has held the post of President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, Chairman of the Malaysia Accounting Standards Board, President of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club and ICAEW City Group Chairman.
He was educated in Malaysia and UK and read law at the University of Durham before being called to the English Bar. He is an alumni of Lincoln’s Inn and a member of the Inns of Court of Malaysia. He is a member of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants England and Wales. He was conferred the Darjah Kebesaran Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (DSIS), which carries the title Dato’ in 2013 by the Sultan of Selangor. He was conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctorate of Laws by the University of Nottingham in July 2016.
Dato’ Mohammad Faiz Azmi
Executive Chairman, Securities Commission Malaysia (SC)
Dato’ Fad’l Mohamed
Dato’ Fad’l Mohamed was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bursa Malaysia Berhad on 1 March 2025. In this capacity, he also serves as the director of key subsidiary companies within the Bursa Malaysia Group. Dato’ Fad’l brings a track record spanning 30 years in legal, capital markets and investment banking, across various roles. He most recently served as Managing Director, Group Wholesale Banking at RHB Bank Berhad. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Maybank Investment Bank from 2018 until 2024.
Before joining Maybank Investment Bank in 2015, Dato’ Fad’l was the Managing Director of Maestro Capital Sdn. Bhd., a licensed corporate finance adviser he founded in 2004, In that role, he advised on mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and IPOs. Dato’ Fad’l’s career foundation included stints in Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, an investment banking firm, the Securities Commission Malaysia, and Messrs Rashid & Lee. Dato’ Fad’l obtained a Masters in Business Administration from Imperial College London, UK and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of London, UK. In addition, he holds a Certified Diploma in Accounting & Finance from The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, and is a Fellow Chartered Banker with the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers. Dato’ Fad’l is also a Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance, from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
Dato’ Fad’l is passionate on advancing the nation’s business and financial landscape through developing collaborative and nurturing ecosystems. He currently serves as Deputy President of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club.
Dato’ Fad’l Mohamed
Chief Executive Officer, Bursa Malaysia Berhad
Datin Paduka Azalina Adham
Datin Paduka Azalina Adham was appointed as Managing Director of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) on 1 January 2023. She joined the SC as Executive Director of Strategy and Policy on 1 July 2022. She was formerly the Chief Operating Officer of Bursa Malaysia Berhad, the Malaysian national stock exchange. Prior to joining the national stock exchange, she was an investment banker with experience in corporate banking, corporate finance and privatisation having served with Maybank Investment Bank Berhad (formerly known as Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad) and Alliance Investment Bank Berhad (formerly known as Amanah Merchant Bank Berhad).
Datin Paduka Azalina Adham has over 29 years of diverse financial and capital market experience in investment banking, corporate finance as well as the exchange business. Some of her key areas of expertise are strategy and transformation, strategic communications and business development. During her tenure at Bursa Malaysia, she led several transformational initiatives including Bursa Marketplace – the first-of-its-kind virtual marketplace; Bursa Anywhere – ASEANs first mobile depository e-services app; and the Leading Entrepreneur Accelerator Platform (LEAP) Market – ASEANs first-of-its-kind alternative capital raising platform for SMEs.
Datin Paduka Azalina Adham graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Management/Finance from Purdue University, USA in 1992. She also completed the Advance Management Programme at Harvard Business School Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 2018.
Datin Paduka Azalina Adham
Managing Director, Securities Commission Malaysia (SC)
Datin Teh Ija Jalil
Datin Teh Ija Jalil was appointed as Director on 29 January 2020.
She is currently an Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of HSBC Amanah Malaysia Berhad. She is also the Chairman of the Finance Accreditation Agency Berhad (FAA), an affiliate of the SC and BNM.
Datin Teh graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from University of Malaya and Master of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University. She began her career in the civil service and built her competency in the area of economic policy-making and international trade and finance through her 23 years in government. She joined the Securities Commission in 2000 and retired from the regulatory body in 2017 after serving 17 years in various capacities including as Head of SIDC, Executive Director, Corporate Resources and as Advisor of Special Projects in the Chairman’s Office. During her time in the SC, she was involved in capital market policies development and regulation, human capital development and training and education, including professional and investor education.
Her other experience included trade and financial services negotiations as Malaysia’s Lead Financial Services Negotiator in the World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation as well as representing the Ministry of Finance (“MoF”) in World Bank, International Monetary Fund, APEC Finance Ministers meetings during her tenure with MoF from 1990 to 1999.
Datin Teh Ija Jalil
Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, HSBC Amanah Malaysia Berhad
Faridah Bakar Ali
Faridah is the Chief Financial Officer of Khazanah Nasional Berhad. She joined Khazanah in 2006 after building a career in accountancy and finance with PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia and BP Malaysia.
In Khazanah, Faridah delivered several notable Islamic Finance transactions including the world’s first exchangeable sukuk and the inaugural retail offering of Sukuk Ihsan, Khazanah’s sustainable and responsible investment sukuk.
Faridah graduated from Lancaster University in Accounting & Finance. She is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
Faridah Bakar Ali
Chief Financial Officer, Khazanah Nasional Berhad
Carol Fong
Carol Fong is the Group Chief Executive Officer of CGS International Securities Singapore Pte Ltd. She is responsible for the overall management of the Group’s financial services business, a regional franchise covering Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) as well as offices in London and New York. She was also previously country Investment Banking CEO of CIMB Group, where she was responsible for building up the investment banking business, key client and regulator relationships in Singapore.
Carol’s experience in financial markets spans over 33 years. She started her career at OCBC Bank and over the last 30 years, she has held a number of senior managerial positions in various financial firms. She is currently Chairman of the SGX Securities Advisory Committee and has been appointed as an Independent Director of Genting Singapore and City Developments. Carol is also a non-executive director of Leukemia & Lymphoma Foundation.
Carol is a recipient of the Excellence in Leadership award at the Women in Finance Asia Awards 2024 and Executive of the Year – Brokerage award at the Singapore Business Review Management Excellence Awards 2023. She was conferred the IBF Distinguished Fellow award in 2016 in recognition of her role as a beacon of excellence for the financial industry.
Carol holds a BA degree from the National University of Singapore and a Diploma in Personnel Management. She has also completed the Executive Diploma in Directorship from Singapore Management University – Singapore Institute of Directors in 2018.
Carol Fong
Group Chief Executive Officer, CGS International Securities Singapore Pte Ltd
Professor Emeritus Datuk Ts. Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah Binti Tapsir, FASc
Professor Emeritus Datuk Ts. Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah started her career as a Civil Engineer in 1984 at the Public Works Department in Kuala Lumpur and at Bethel Duncan Associates in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA, before joining Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (“UTM”) as a lecturer in 1987. During her tenure with UTM, she held various positions which include, among others, Programme Director, Dean and Deputy Vice-Chancellor. She left UTM as Campus Director of UTM International Campus in 2009 to join Ministry of Higher Education as Deputy Director General and was promoted to Director General of Higher Education in 2017. At the Ministry of Higher Education (KPT), she was highly involved in the strategic direction and governance of higher education institutions, students and academics. This led to the development of the Malaysia Higher Education Blueprint 2015-2025.
Professor Emeritus Datuk Ts. Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah left the Ministry of Higher Education and was appointed as Secretary General of Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (now known as the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (“MOSTI”)) in 2019. Following the restructuring of the said ministry by the Government in March 2020, she continued to hold the position of Secretary General until March 2021. She was responsible for the development several technology roadmaps such as RMK12, the Electrical and Electronics (E&E) sector, National Blockchain Technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), National Advanced Materials Technology and National Robotics for the period between 2021 and 2030.
Professor Emeritus Datuk Ts. Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah was also appointed in January 2020 as Adjunct Professor of UTM until her departure in January 2021. In March 2021, she was re-appointed as the Secretary General of MOSTI where she was responsible for developing and overseeing the national agenda of science, technology and innovation cutting across all ministries. In addition, she was assigned to lead the roll-out of the COVID-19 Vaccination Plan under the COVID-19 Immunisation Task Force in Malaysia before her retirement in September 2021. After retiring from MOSTI, she joined UCSI Group as Group Chief Executive Officer. She also took on the roles of President and Vice-Chancellor of UCSI University – positions she continues to hold today.
Professor Emeritus Datuk Ts. Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah currently serves on the boards of Oppstar Berhad, Malayan Cement Berhad, Sime Darby Berhad and Securities Industry Development Corporation. Previously, she was also on board of Kumpulan Kitacon Berhad, Malaysian Institute of Integrity, MIGHT, University Malaysia Perlis, University Malaya, University Malaysia Sabah, MIMOS, MBOT and UITM. Professor Emeritus Datuk Ts. Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah graduated from Institut Teknologi MARA (now known as University Teknologi MARA) with a Diploma in Civil Engineering in 1982 and completed her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from New England College, New Hampshire, United States of America in 1984. Subsequently in 1987, she obtained her Master of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Lowell (now known as University of Massachusetts Lowell), United States of America and later obtained her Doctor of Philosophy from University of Leeds, United Kingdom in 1994.
Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr. Siti Hamisah completed the Advanced Management Programme from Harvard Business School in 2014. Upon graduation in 1987, she embarked her career at the Public Works Department (JKR) Wilayah, followed by a stint at a small engineering firm in Massachusetts, USA. Professor Emeritus Datuk Ts. Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah is a registered professional engineer with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia since 2001, a Fellow member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia since 2007 and a Professional Technologist of the Malaysia Board of Technologists since 2017. She is also a President of the Malaysia Board of Technologists since 2021. In 2022, she became the fellow member of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia.
Professor Emeritus Datuk Ts. Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah Binti Tapsir, FASc
Group Chief Executive Officer, UCSI University
Julian M Hashim
Julian, an advocate & solicitor of the High Court of Malaysia and a founder partner of a leading Kuala Lumpur law firm, advised on all aspects of corporate transactional work including international and domestic M&As, take overs and capital market transactions in his 25 odd years of legal practice. Julian also advised his clients on their on-going reporting obligations, corporate governance requirements and other compliance matters.
As the Chief Regulatory Officer of the Exchange, Julian and his team at Bursa Regulation undertakes regulatory functions of Bursa Malaysia Berhad and its licensed subsidiaries ranging from regulatory strategies and policies, listing, surveillance and supervision, corporate governance and sustainability, investigation and enforcement.
Julian is also the Chair of Sub-Committee 2: Governance & Disclosures of the Joint Committee on Climate Change (JC3) as well as a member of the Advisory Committee on Sustainability Reporting (ACSR), a national-level committee set up to support the implementation of the IFRS sustainability disclosure standards in Malaysia. He is also a board member of the Securities Industry Development Corporation and the Capital Market Compensation Fund Corporation.
Julian M Hashim
Chief Regulatory Officer, Bursa Malaysia Berhad