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Bursa Malaysia Appoints Global Head Of Islamic Capital Market

Date 01/06/2009

Bursa Malaysia Berhad today announced the appointment of Raja Teh Maimunah bt Raja Abdul Aziz as its Global Head of Islamic Capital Market. Raja Teh will be spearheading the expansion and development of the Islamic Capital Market (ICM) infrastructure, products and services as well as the marketing of ICM products internationally. She has also been tasked to develop cross border ICM capabilities to facilitate the initiatives of the Malaysia International Islamic Financial Centre (MIFC) in order to support Malaysia’s aim as an Islamic financial hub.

Raja Teh brings with her 17 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to this appointment, she served the Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad as Chief Corporate Officer and Head of International Business Executive Director from 2007 to July 2008. Her vast experience in financial services ranges from establishing investment businesses, developing financial products and services as well as formulating investment banking frameworks from her previous work engagements in various investment banks