DATO' SERI DR CHEN CHAW MIN

Malaysia

Male

61

Non Active

1. Doctorate - Finance [University Putra Malaysia]

2. Masters - Business Administration (Finance) [University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, USA]

3. Degree - Surveying [University of Technology, Malaysia]

Dato Seri Dr. Chen Chaw Min started his career with the Malaysian Civil Service in 1988 and advanced to many senior positions with increasing responsibilities with the federal government. His first posting was in Ministry of Rural Development and from 1990 onwards, he served in various divisions (Budget Division, Investment Division, Housing Loan Division, Finance Division and Fiscal and Economy Division) in the Ministry of Finance. On 25 April 2014, he joined Ministry of Health as Deputy Secretary General (Finance) and was appointed, on 4 July 2015, as Secretary General, the highest civil service position of a ministry. During his tenure as Secretary General of Ministry of Health and up his retirement in February 2021, he was actively involved in several National Policy Task Forces and Health-related Councils. He also played a pivotal role in spearheading the fight against Covid-19.
He has published in international and local journals and was invited to present papers in international conferences and seminars. Dato Dr. Chen has also attended several prestigious short courses at Harvard Business School in US and Oxford University Said School of Business in UK.
He is an alumni of Razak School of Government (RSOG) where he is a regular speaker on Leadership. Besides, he has been appointed as an associate of Putra Business School, University Putra Malaysia in 2021 where he is a lecturer in corporate finance and investment analysis for MBA program
He is currently the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Optimax Berhad and an Independent Non-Executive Director of MGRC Berhad. He also sits on the board of Tropicana Golf and Country Resort Berhad. He is a founding member of Pecca Leather Foundation as well as Director of and trustee of For Every Child Foundation.

1. Optimax Berhad
2. MGRC Berhad