KUALA LUMPUR: Aeon Bank (M) Bhd chief executive officer (CEO) Raja Teh Maimunah Raja Abdul Aziz has been appointed public interest director and independent non-executive director of Bursa Malaysia Bhd
effective July 1, 2024.
Bursa Malaysia said in a statement today that the appointment was made by the Minister of Finance pursuant to Section 10(1)(a) of the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007.
Raja Teh Maimunah has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, covering investment, wholesale, Islamic and digital banking.
She also currently serves as a board member of Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP) and as a Trustee of Amanah Warisan Negara.
Previously, she held the positions of CEO of AmInvestment Bank and managing director of Wholesale Banking, AmBank Group.
She also served as the managing director and CEO of Hong Leong Islamic Bank Bhd and chief operating officer of Digital Innovation and Transaction Banking at Hong Leong Banking Group.
Notably, Raja Teh Maimunah had served as the Global Head of Islamic Markets at Bursa Malaysia between 2009 and 2011, where she led the establishment of Bursa Suq Al-Sila’, the world’s first end-to-end shariah-compliant commodity trading platform.
Meanwhile, Bursa Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar said her experience in Islamic finance and digital banking would contribute immensely to their innovation and growth pursuits as a multi-asset exchange to build a robust, vibrant and inclusive Malaysian capital market. - Bernama
