She holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics from University of Malaya and a Masters in Economics in 1979 from the University of Leuven, Belgium.

She has served the Government of Malaysia in various capacities for 34 years from 1971 to 2005. Principally her main task has been policy analyses and financial evaluation. Her last post in Government was Director General of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Prime
Minister's Department.

Upon retirement, the Government of Malaysia appointed her as Chairman of Technology Park Malaysia Corporation Sdn Bhd from January 2006 to December 2008. Subsequent to that the Government appointed her as Chairman of Ninebio Sdn Bhd from January 2009 for a two year period. Beginning June 24, 2014 she was appointed as Chairman of Global Maritime Ventures Berhad, a subsidiary of Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad.

She was appointed as visiting scholar to the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI) at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia between 2006 and 2012 and continued to undertake collaborative research on sustainable development. Since 2013 she was appointed "Fellow Kebangsaan" at SEADPRI.

She currently sits on the board of Big Tree Outdoor Sdn Bhd and Primeworks Studios Sdn Bhd, wholly owned subsidiaries of Media Prima Berhad. 

She is also a Director of Taliworks Corporation Berhad and Director of her family owned company Kumpulan RZA Sdn Bhd and its subsidiary Raza Sdn Bhd, as well as its associate companies, ASTRA Capital and ARECA Capital.

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