Kamarudin Hashim is currently the Managing Director (MD) of the Securities Commission Malaysia and head of the Market and Corporate Supervision (MCS) business group.

The MD assist the SC Chairman in setting the overall strategic direction for the Malaysian capital market and in overseeing the SC’s dual mandate of capital market regulation and development.

Kamarudin is chair of the Advisory Committee on Sustainable Reporting (ACSR) for Malaysia and jointly chairs the Joint Committee on Climate Change (JC3) comprising the banking, insurance, and capital market sectors.

As the Head of MCS, Kamarudin is responsible for the supervision of market institutions and operators, and the surveillance of corporate and secondary market activities. He also oversees the surveillance and development of the fixed income market.

Kamarudin has been with the SC since 1993 and has wide experience in the capital market including derivatives, bonds, fund management, Islamic capital markets, supervision, and risk management. He had previously also served as Secretary to the Commission and Special Assistant to SC Chairman.

Prior to joining the SC, he was with Bank Negara Malaysia after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Law from the University of Kent, United Kingdom.