The Most Inspiring Women in Malaysia

The 63-year-old Tan Sri Dr Zeti Aziz is the first woman to be appointed as central bank governor in Malaysia and Asia, and the first woman to be within the top ten rankings for central bank governors of the world. She recently extended her contract with http://www.bnm.gov.my/ for another five years, making her the second longest serving governor of BNM.

(Dato seri as a governor of malaysia)




One of her major contributions is putting Malaysia at the forefront of the Islamic money market, and with many policies carefully planned and executed; Malaysia now has a numerous number of Islamic investors, both in and out of the country, thanks to her idea. It can be state that she was the figure that introduced Islamic banking in Malaysia .During the serious economic crisis that attack Asia during 1998(http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/125anniversaryissue/aziz.html), Dato has come as a saviour to the problem by pulling out a brilliant idea that save Asia and mostly Malaysia from being  into the crisis for a long time. 

(Dato answer all the question from the media)

source:

1) http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/125anniversaryissue/aziz.html

2) http://www.bnm.gov.my/