Board Of Directors
Dato’ Zuraidah Atan
Independent Non-Executive Director
BIOGRAPHY
Dato’ Zuraidah Atan was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 30 September 2025. She serves as a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management & Sustainability Committee, and serves as Chairperson of both the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee. She holds an LL.B (Hons) from the University of Buckingham, England, and a Certificate in Legal Practice (Hons) from Malaysia. She also completed the Harvard Business School Executive Education Programme on “Making Corporate Boards More Effective” in 2013 and is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).
Dato' Zuraidah Atan is an Advocate & Solicitor and founder of Chambers of Zuraidah Atan, bringing over 30 years of leadership experience across the legal, banking, and corporate sectors. She began her career in 1984 with Perwira Habib Bank before joining OCBC Bank, where she served as Vice President and Head, Corporate Finance, Capital Markets and Corporate Debt Restructuring and Corporate Banking, for a decade. In 1999, she was appointed President & Chief Executive Officer of Affin Merchant Bank (now known as Affin Investment Bank), becoming the first female Bumiputera to lead a bank in Malaysia.
Her extensive experience in law, banking and corporate governance continues to contribute to her professional leadership. In 2026, she was appointed Co-Deputy Chairperson of the Corporate & Commercial Law Committee of the Bar Council Malaysia for the 2026/27 term and serves as Co-Chairman of its Capital Markets Subcommittee.
Beyond her corporate achievements, Dato’ Zuraidah is deeply committed to community development and youth empowerment. She currently serves as Chairman of the IATSS Forum Japan National Committee Malaysia, supporting the development of young ASEAN professionals through an international leadership programme in Japan. She has also served as Chairman of Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS), championing youth leadership and volunteerism at both national and international levels. Her contributions have been recognised through various awards, including the Anugerah Tokoh Pembina Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (2019) and The BrandLaureate Business Entrepreneur Brand ICON Leadership Award (2018).
Dato’ Zuraidah has served on the Boards of numerous public-listed and government-linked companies, including HSBC Bank Malaysia, Bank Rakyat, MBSB Berhad, Petron Malaysia Refining & Marketing Berhad, Northport (NCB Holdings Berhad), SP Setia Berhad, where she chaired the Board Audit Committee. She also previously served on the Board of Bursa Malaysia and its subsidiaries, was a member of the MACC Panel for two terms and served on the Board of Tomei Consolidated Berhad until 10 February 2026.
She currently serves on the Board of Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad, an MoF Inc. public (unlisted) company, where she chairs the Audit and Risk Committee and sits on the Sustainability Committee. In addition, she contributes to academia as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), the only triple crown accredited Business School in the country to date.
