Bachelor of Accounting Honours, University of Malaya Chartered Accountant, Malaysian Institute of Accountants
Working Experience
Ms Cheah had served Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) for 32 years whereby she was involved in all aspects of banking regulation from formulation of policies/regulations/guidelines, administration of different legislations governing the commercial banks, merchant banks, finance companies and discount houses, resolution of problem institutions, crisis management in the mid-1980s and the Asian financial crisis in 1997, consumer protection to development of bond markets. Ms Cheah was also involved in formulating and executing strategies and policies for payment systems, administering the legislations, oversight of the payment systems and payment instruments, development of the payment infrastructure to support developments in the financial system and promoted the migration to electronic payments.
Interest
Indirect interest in 11,266 Public Bank shares, which are held by her spouse, Mr Chong Chen Fah.