Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk
Honorific-Suffix:PSM PMW
Office:9th Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia
Term Start:1 July 2018
Term End:30 June 2023
1Blankname:Minister of Finance
1Namedata:Lim Guan Eng
Tengku Zafrul Aziz
Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy:Shaik Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour
Jessica Chew Cheng Lian
Marzunisham Omar
Predecessor:Muhammad Ibrahim
Successor:Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour
Birth Name:Nor Shamsiah binti Mohd Yunus
Birth Place:Federation of Malaysia
Alma Mater:University of South Australia (1983-1985)

Nor Shamsiah binti Mohd Yunus (born 1964)[1] was the 9th Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia from 2018 to 2023,[2] replacing Tan Sri Muhammad bin Ibrahim. She served as Deputy Governor of Bank Negara from 2010 to 2013 and from 2013 to 2016. Later, she joined the International Monetary Fund as Assistant Director of the Financial and Capital Markets Division.[3]

She is the second woman to be appointed as Governor of the National Bank after Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz.

Education

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of South Australia and is a chartered accountant (CPA).

Career

Bank Negara Malaysia

She has been in working at Bank Negara Malaysia since 1987. In 1999, she was appointed Director of the Bank's Regulation Department until 2004. On 1 December 2004 she was appointed Assistant Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia. She has served as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank twice, namely in 2010-2013 and 2013–2016. She was finally appointed as Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia from 1 July 2018.[4]

Assignment at Bank Negara Malaysia

She has been in charge of financial development, strategic human resource management, organizational development transformation, prudent regulatory formation, bank regulatory and regulatory rules, crisis management and insurance.

Other career experience

Contributions

She was directly involved in the settlement of the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis. Playing an important role also in the formulation of the Financial Sector Masterplan (2001-2010) and the Financial Sector Roadmap (2011-2020).[5]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.theborneopost.com/2018/06/23/another-lady-governor-for-bank-negara/ Another lady governor for Bank Negara
  2. http://www.astroawani.com/berita-bisnes/nor-shamsiah-dilantik-gabenor-bnm-wanita-kedua-terajui-bank-pusat-178620 Nor Shamsiah dilantik Gabenor BNM, wanita kedua terajui bank pusat
  3. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-cenbank/malaysia-names-nor-shamsiah-as-new-central-bank-governor-government-source-idUSKBN1JI0A5?il=0 Malaysia picks new central bank chief, she puts focus on stability
  4. http://www.malaysiancoin.com/2018/06/nor-shamsiah-mohd-yunus-gabenor-bnm-ke-9.html Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus Gabenor BNM ke-9
  5. http://www.astroawani.com/berita-bisnes/nor-shamsiah-dilantik-gabenor-bnm-wanita-kedua-terajui-bank-pusat-178620 Nor Shamsiah dilantik Gabenor BNM, wanita kedua terajui bank pusat
  6. Web site: 13 November 2021. Former Chief Justice and ex-FELDA chairman head King's birthday honours list. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211113025308/https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/former-felda-chairman-raja-muhammad-alias-receives-tun-title-heads-kings-birthday-honours. 13 November 2021. 13 November 2021. The Edge Markets.