Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on our Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 2 March 2018.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Arts (Economics) University Malaya (1980)

  • Diploma in Public Administration (1981)

  • Master of Arts (Development Economics), Williams College, USA (1991)

  • Advanced Management Program, Fontainebleau, France (2007)


Present Directorship(s):

Public Listed Companies (“PLC”):

  • Eupe Corporation Berhad

Skills and Experiences:

She was formerly the Chief Operating Officer of Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (SPAN), prior to her retirement in November 2017. During her tenure in SPAN, she was involved in determining the policy and direction of the Malaysian water services industry reform from its conception which resulted in the passing of the Water Services Industry Act, 2006 (WSIA), to enforcement as well as monitoring the implementation.

Before she joined SPAN, she held various positions in the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of Malaysia from 1988 to 2007. With her vast experience in the public financial sector, she was tasked with restructuring the corporate debt of several privatised projects during the Asian financial crisis of 1997/1998. The major restructuring exercise that she had completed at the height of the financial crisis included the debt restructuring of highways, telecommunication and the takeover and merger of the light rail transit companies. She has also been placed in the Economics Division, which is responsible for macroeconomic scenario planning and forecasting as well as the preparation of the Annual Economic Reports. The Economic Reports focused on the performance of the economy for the year as well as the outlook for the following year.

She also served in the Ministry of Health (MOH) from 1981 to 1988, where she was responsible for projecting and managing the manpower needs of support services in the health sector, including categories such as dietitians, nutritionists, welfare officers and researchers.

Other than the Company, she also serves on the board of Eupe Corporation Berhad, a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.