PUAN SHARIFATU LAILA BINTI SYED ALI

Malaysia

Female

61

Independent Director

Independent and Non Executive

1. Professional Qualification - Advanced Management Programme [Harvard Business School, United States]
2011

2. Professional Qualification - Master of Business Administration [Universiti Malaya, Malaysia]
1991

3. Professional Qualification - Bachelor of Science (Honours) [Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia]
1985

Puan Sharifatu Laila Binti Syed Ali ("Puan Sharifatu") started her career at Permodalan Nasional Berhad as an Investment Executive and moved on to hold various positions in Employees Provident Fund ("EPF"). She served as an Investment Executive and took on the roles across Equity Research, Alternative Investments & Projects within the pioneer investment team at EPF. She went on to become "Head of Treasury" at EPF, following which she took on the role of "Head of the Equity Division" overseeing portfolios in excess of RM45 billion then.
After 15 years in EPF, she was subsequently appointed as "Head of Investments" at Lembaga Tabung Haji ("LTH") from July 2002 till September 2002, before she was tasked by the Government to steer a Government Investment Fund managed by Valuecap Sdn Bhd ("Valuecap"). She was appointed as its first Chief Executive Office in year 2002 and subsequently as Group Managing Director from January 2018 till July 2018. She served as Advisor to the Board of Valuecap in July 2018 prior to her joining RHB Group in October 2018.
Puan Sharifatu served as an Independent Non-Executive Director ("INED") of RHB Bank Berhad, a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad ("Bursa Securities") and RHB Insurance Berhad from 2019 until June 2023. Prior to these appointments, she was also board member of RHB Asset Management Sdn Bhd, RHB Islamic International Berhad and INED of RHB Investment Bank Berhad.
She also served as a Public Interest Director on the board of Bursa Malaysia Berhad ("BMB"), a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities from October 2020 until August 2023. At BMB, she was also a member of the Listing Committee and chairman of the Risk Management Committee.
Puan Sharifatu was an Executive Director Investment at LTH and director of Badan Pengawas Pemegang Saham Minoriti Berhad.
She is currently a member of the Investment Committee of the University of Malaya.

Independent Non-Executive Director, YTL Corporation Berhad