09-Feb-2012

APPOINTMENT

Director

Independent & Non Executive

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Malaysian

Dr Zaha Rina binti Zahari received her BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance from Leeds UK and MBA from Hull UK. She holds a Doctorate in Business Administration, focusing on capital markets research and specialising in derivatives, Hull UK International Centre for Leadership in Finance (ICLIF) Harvard Business School and Columbia Business School in July 2005.

Dr Zaha Rina was Consultant to Financial Technologies Middle East based in Bahrain for the set up of Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX) launched in January 2009. Prior to this, Dr Zaha Rina was with Royal Bank of Scotland Group in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. Dr Zaha Rina has more than 20 years experience in the financial, commodities and securities industry and the development of the Malaysian Capital Market which includes managing a futures broking company and was Chief Executive Officer of RHB Securities Sdn Bhd from 2004 to 2006. She has previous Board appointments at the Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia (COMMEX) from 1993 to 1996, then as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Kuala Lumpur and Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE) in 2001.

Dr Zaha Rina was instrumental in the merger of COMMEX and KLOFFE which ultimately led to the creation of Malaysian Derivatives Exchange (MDEX) and the subsequent appointment as COO of MDEX in June 2001. Dr Zaha Rina was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad ["Bursa Securities"], MESDAQ, MDEX and Labuan International Financial Exchanges (LFX) in September 2003 prior to Bursa Securities's demutualisation. Dr Zaha Rina is also a regular speaker at many international conferences and forums.

1) MAA Group Berhad (formerly known as MAA Holdings Berhad)
2) MAA Takaful Berhad
3) Malaysian Assurance Alliance Berhad
4) MIMB Investment Bank Berhad

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