Zeti Akhtar Aziz
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Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz is the 7th and current governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia's central bank. She has been governor since May 2000, and was the first woman in the position.
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[edit] Early life
Zeti Akhtar Aziz was born in Johor Bahru, Johor, to father Royal Professor Ungku Aziz, who is of Malay, Circassian[1][2] and English[3] descent and mother Sharifah Azah Mohamed Alsagoff, who is of Hadhrami Arab and Malay descent.[4][5]
Zeti received early education at Assunta High School, [Petaling Jaya]] in 1958. She then did her Form 6 in St. John's Institution, Kuala Lumpur. In 1970, she received a Bachelor's degree in Economics from University Malaya. She subsequently continued her studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving a PhD in monetary and international economics. As part of her PhD dissertation she carried out pioneering work on capital flows and its implications for monetary policy.
[edit] Career
Zeti Akhtar Aziz began her career as an economic analyst for the South-East Asia Central Bank Training & Research Center, remaining at that post from 1979 to 1984. She was then appointed Deputy Manager of the Economics Department at Bank Negara Malaysia.
She joined the Economics Department in Bank Negara Malaysia in 1985 and was appointed Secretary to the Board of Directors of the bank in 1987. In 1989, she was posted to the Bank Negara Malaysia London Representative Office as the Chief Representative. Upon returning to the Head Office in 1994, Dr. Zeti was appointed the Bank's Chief Economist and the Head of its Economics Department. In 1995, she was appointed Assistant Governor, responsible for economics, reserve management, foreign and money market operations and exchange control.
Additionally, she was on the board of directors of Khazanah Nasional Bhd from 2004 to 2008.
On November 16, 2008, she was selected as one of the members of a special task force at the United Nations to examine reforms of the global market system.[6]
In 2009, Global Finance magazine, named her as one of the world's best central bank chief.[7] In 2010, she was named "Tokoh Ma'al Hijrah 1432H" at the national-level Ma'al Hijrah celebration.[8]
Her contract with Bank Negara expires May 1, 2011 and to start a new five year term after that.[9]
On 20 May 2011, it was reported that Bloomberg columnist William Pesek has picked Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz as one of his four nominees to head the prestigious International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the position became vacant following the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn who was arrested in New York, and is presently facing sexual assault charges.[10]
[edit] Personal life
Zeti Akhtar Aziz has married to Dr Tawfiq Ayman and have two children. Alif & Aziz and daughter in law Norhayati
[edit] References
- ^ Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, MSA Library Online
- ^ Taking root, branching out, DZIREENA MAHADZIR, April 1, 2007, The Star (Malaysia)
- ^ Abid, Jaafar, pp66
- ^ "Finance's female face". TMCnet.com. 2005-12-29. http://small-business-voip.tmcnet.com/news/2005/Dec/1246332.htm.
- ^ "The world's successful diasporas". managementtoday.com. 2007-04-03. http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/648273/.
- ^ "Bank Negara chief in UN task force". Business Times Malaysia. 2008-11-17. http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/wowee/Article/index_html.
- ^ "Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz the world's best central bank chief". All Voices.com. Sep 13, 2010. http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6743907-dr-zeti-akhtar-aziz-the-worlds-best-central-bank-chief.
- ^ "Tan Sri Dr Zeti named ‘Tokoh Ma’al Hijrah’". The Star. December 7, 2010. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/12/7/nation/20101207172134&sec=nation.
- ^ "Malaysia extends central bank chief's tenure". Agence France-Presse. 2011-04-20. http://news.malaysia.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4787385.
- ^ "Zeti one of Bloomberg columnist’s top picks to head IMF". The Malaysian Insider. May 21, 2011. http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/business/article/zeti-one-of-bloomberg-columnists-top-picks-to-head-imf/.
