Datuk Ali Abdul Kadir served as the second Executive Chairman of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) from 1 March 1999, serving to 29 February 2004. Appointed in the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis, he spearheaded long-term structural reforms to rebuild market resilience and investor confidence.
His defining achievement was formulating and launching the landmark 10-year Capital Market Masterplan 1 (CMP1) in 2001, providing a comprehensive blueprint for market liberalisation, corporate governance and Islamic finance. Regionally, he chaired the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee of IOSCO and headed its Islamic Capital Markets Task Force.
