SC AT A GLANCE

Chairman's Biodata

DATO' ZARINAH ANWAR
Chairman, Securities Commission
Malaysia

Dato' Zarinah Anwar is the Chairman of the Securities Commission, Malaysia, a post she assumed on 1 April 2006. Prior to this, she served as the Deputy Chief Executive of the SC since 1 December 2001, overseeing the SC's Market Supervision, Enforcement and Corporate Resources divisions.

Dato' Zarinah currently chairs the Venture Capital Consultative Council and the Capital Market Development Fund. She also serves the Boards of the Integrity Institute Malaysia, the Financial Reporting Foundation and is a member of the Foreign Investment Committee.

Prior to joining the SC, Dato' Zarinah was with Shell Malaysia for 22 years. During that time she held key positions such as the Deputy Chairman of Shell Malaysia and Director for Human Resources, Corporate Affairs and Legal. Dato' Zarinah was a member of the Board of Directors of various Shell Companies and member of the Board of Trustees of various Shell Malaysia Trust Funds. She was also a member of Shell's Global Diversity Council.

Dato' Zarinah was, for several years, the Vice President of the Malaysian Employers Federation and served as a member on the Board of Directors of the Social Security Organisation (SOCSO), the National Labour Advisory Council and the Board of Governors and Board of Trustees of Kolej Tuanku Jaafar.

Dato' Zarinah graduated with an LLB (Hons) from University Malaya in 1976. She started her career in the Government's Legal and Judicial service where she served as Magistrate, Senior Assistant Registrar, Solicitor in the Public Trustee's department and Assistant Parliamentary Draftsman in the Attorney General's Chambers.