Salmah Bee Mohd Mydin
Deputy Director of Supervision
Securities Commission Malaysia
Salmah is currently the Deputy Director, Supervision Department, Securities Commission Malaysia. In this role, she provides leadership in the development of SC’s supervisory strategy to enable oversight of market intermediaries in assessing strength of control policies and procedures on macroprudential, microprudential, conduct and AML risks.
Prior to this, she was the Heading the Licensing and Authorisation Department, where she headed a team that acts as the gate keeper for entry into the market by intermediaries and individuals seeking to be licensed to undertake regulated activities within the capital market. She earlier headed the Investigation Department within the Enforcement Division. The department undertakes investigations of major securities infractions, and in her capacity as head, Salmah supervises a staff of investigators, mostly accountants and lawyers, in carrying out a range of securities market breaches.
Salmah is a board member of the Capital Market Compensation Fund Corporation, which was set up to provide an effective and transparent avenue for investors to be compensated for their loss due to the insolvency of relevant licensed holders. She is also a member of the Labuan Financial Services Authority’s Financial Stability Committee which is tasked with assisting the Authority in preserving financial stability and integrity of Labuan International Business and Financial Center.
Prior to joining the Commission, Salmah was a financial journalist for a leading English daily, and graduated from University of Liverpool. |