Q&A: Malaysia’s first female IB CEO on equality

KUALA LUMPUR: Female investment bankers have come a long way in Malaysia since Yang Shu Yin became the industry’s first woman to reach the rank of chief executive officer 24 years ago.

These days, the country has female bosses at three of its 11 homegrown investment banks. Women also hold the top jobs at the Malaysian units of Credit Suisse Group AG, Rothschild and OverseaChinese Banking Corp. And a woman will soon take over the global operations of Maybank Kim Eng, the securities arm of Malaysia’s largest lender.