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ZABEDAH GIW

Acting Chief Strategy Officer

QUALIFICATIONS Strategy Officer with fiduciary duty to the Board,
• Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) - she monitors and reports on the Bank’s performance
Majoring in Accounting, Coventry University, UK levels at both business and operating ends, while
providing constructive and critical recommendations
RESPONSIBILITIES to all relevant parties on intervention plans and
Zabedah is tasked to steer the Bank’s strategic actions to ensure the achievement of the agreed
direction, which encompasses the bank-wide business objectives.
roadmap development, business plans, corporate
scorecards and interlinked business line EXPERIENCE
scorecards. These are formulated against market Zabedah joined EXIM Bank in 2009, and was
trend analysis at global, regional and local levels subsequently appointed as the Head of Advisory &
and are aligned towards the Bank’s mandated Research Department. Prior to that, she established
role, as well as prescribed governance and risk her career in banking serving RHB Bank and
frameworks. She provides advisory and critical Maybank. In her various positions served, she gained
support to the Management Team on all aspects expertise in credit related matters, internal review
of the Bank’s activation of the strategies, plans, and assurance, as well as insights as an industry
budgets and delivery of strategic goals. As the Chief and market analyst.

WAN NOORAZLI MAULA WAN SULEIMAN

Head of Legal

QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE
• Bachelor of Law (LLB)(Hons), University of London Wan Noorazli started his carrier with EXIM Bank
(External) in 2010 as an Executive and worked his way up the
ranks throughout his tenure. In the 12 years, he has
RESPONSIBILITIES experience in facilitating cross-border financing
Wan Noorazli’s role is to provide legal advice on all for Malaysian business, as well as funding to
legal related matters, such as contracts and service sovereign governments. This includes negotiating
agreements, and vetting of legal documents made and dealing with customers in private sectors, as
on behalf of the Bank to protect EXIM Bank from well as government institutions on financing and/or
any legal implication. insurance matters within parameters determined
He also provides legal advisory to the management by the Board.
team and other internal stakeholders to ensure He is also experienced in conducting investigation
awareness of liability, risk and implications of any in respect of suspicious loan application in Malaysia
corporate decisions made. and overseas, for example in Singapore and
He manages complex legal and compliance projects Indonesia. He also leads the Legal Department
in strategising on litigation matters and facilitate
that have transversal impacts on operating businesses in preparation for court matters for the bank in
within EXIM Bank to mitigate any adverse impacts, Malaysia and foreign jurisdictions together with the
and works to strategise and initiate legal action for bank’s external lawyers.
and on behalf of EXIM Bank through panel lawyers,
in any business dispute that the Bank is involved in.

JULINA MOHD SALLEH

Company Secretary (Non-EXCO member)

QUALIFICATIONS corporate governance standards. She also assists
• Bachelor of Business Administration from University directors with education, training and orientation
of New Brunswick, Canada programmes and plays an integral role in collaborating
• Licensed company secretary with the executive team.
• Member of the Alliance of Approved Company
Secretaries EXPERIENCE
Julina has more than 15 years’ experience in company
RESPONSIBILITIES secretarial practice. She started her career in
Julina Mohd Salleh was appointed as Company Permodalan Nasional Berhad and later was appointed
Secretary of the Bank on 1 September 2005 as Joint Company Secretary of HeiTech Padu Berhad,
and currently heads the Corporate Secretarial a public listed company. Prior to joining the Bank,
Department. She is primarily responsible to ensure she was attached with Bank Pembangunan Malaysia
that the company adheres to the standard legal and Berhad.
financial practices and in charge of overseeing the