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Dato' Sri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour is the 10^th Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, appointed on 1 July 2023. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia since 2016.

Dato' Sri Rasheed joined Bank Negara Malaysia in 1988 and helmed various positions across the breadth of the central bank’s primary functions. These included monetary policy and economics, international reserves management and financial markets, financial sector development, and banking regulations.

Dato' Sri Rasheed played a leading role in driving the central bank’s advocacy efforts on economic affairs, including social protection and labour market reforms as well as advising the Government on issues relating to the management of the pandemic. He also played key roles in the development and implementation of the Financial Sector Masterplan and Financial Sector Blueprints.

At the international level, Dato' Sri Rasheed had served on various international platforms, such as the Islamic Financial Services Board and Bank for International Settlements. He had also championed various efforts to strengthen regional financial integration and cooperation, such as the ASEAN Banking Integration Framework. He had also served as the Alternate Executive Director of the Southeast Asia Voting Group Office of the International Monetary Fund.

Tan Sri Johan Mahmood Merican is the Secretary General of Treasury, Ministry of Finance, appointed in February 2023. He was previously the Deputy Secretary General (Policy) and National Budget Director at the Ministry of Finance.

Prior to that, Tan Sri Johan Mahmood Merican held the position of Deputy Director General (Human Capital) at the Economy Planning Unit and Chief Executive Officer of Talent Corporation Malaysia. He also served 9 years in the private sector in corporate finance and accounting.

He currently serves on the Boards of Bintulu Port Holding Berhad, Samalaju Industrial Port Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad, Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja, Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad, Govco Holdings Berhad, MyDIGITAL Corporation, Pembinaan PFI Sdn Bhd, University Malaya, Malaysia and Chairman of Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia.

PhD in Economics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Master of Business Administration, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Bachelor of Accounting, Universiti Malaya

Our Leadership

Datuk Abu Huraira Abu Yazid

Dato' Sri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour

Tan Sri Johan Mahmood Merican

Datuk Dr Yacob Mustafa

Puan Nahidah Usman

Mr. Lee Kong Eng

Mr. Toi See Jong

Mr. Choong Tuck Oon

To' Puan Janet Looi Lai Heng

Encik Aznan Abdul Aziz

Encik Imri Dolhadi Ab Wahab

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