Zalina Shamsudin

Zalina Shamsudin

Head of Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
Professional Bio 

With a career that spans more than 28 years, predominantly in corporate advisory; with work experience in six countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, and the Indian sub-continent. Zalina has been a strong advocate for sustainable finance in the last eight years.

Her primary area of strength is market development through positioning and creating opportunities for new markets and product innovation. In her last role with the Securities Commission Malaysia, she was pivotal in the creation of capacity development programs that looked at building the financial sector’s technical expertise and experience in sustainable finance. A major focus was also to support industry and regulator’s effort to build recognition of Islamic Finance as responsible finance.
She holds an MBA in Finance from CASS Business School of the UK and is a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA).
 

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