Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar certainly got more than what she had bargained for when she joined the Securities Commission (SC) just over 10 years ago. Her aim originally was to serve as the regulator’s deputy chief executive for three years. It was one of the few plans of hers that went unfulfilled.
During her time at the SC, she has spent countless hours making the regulatory body the institution it is today. She retires today and looks forward to having the long, leisurely lunches that have been missing from her tight daily schedules these past several years. Below are excerpts of her interview with StarBizWeek’s Errol Oh, Jagdev Singh Sidhu and John Loh, when she talks about her work at the SC: