Accountant General	Deputy Accountant General (Corporate)
	YBhg Datuk Wan Selamah Wan Sulaiman	YBhg Dato' Rosini Abdul Samad
	President	Vice President
	Datuk Mohd. Nasir Ahmad	Johan Idris
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kalsom Salleh	Prof. Dr. Ku Nor Izah Ku Ismail	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamat Sabri Hassan	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nor Aziah Abu Kasim
Dr. Nurmazilah Dato' Mahzan	Ken Pushpanathan	Ooi Thiam Poh, Alex	Mohamed Raslan Abdul Rahman
Abdul Rahim Abdul Hamid	Baharuddin Ahmad	Donald Joshua Jaganathan	Mohd Noh Jidin
Mustapa Kamal Mohd Razali	Wong Weng Soon, Eugene	Zahrah Abd Wahab Fenner	Ahmad Zahirudin Rahim
Chan Wan Siew, Paul	Dealanathan Joseph Lourdes	Kua Choo Kai, Simon	Leong Kah Mun
Dato' Narendra Kumar Jasani	Dato' Liew Lee Leong, Raymond	Soh Siong Hoon, Sam	Soo Hoo Khoon Yean

		Registrar
	Subramaniam A V Sankar	Sudirman Masduki

Datuk Wan Selamah Wan Sulaiman is the Accountant General in the Accountant General’s Department of Malaysia effective 29 November 2010. She was conferred the Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) Award on 4th June 2011 in conjunction with the birthday of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.

She obtained her Master in Business Administration (Finance) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 1992. She is a member of MIA and also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).

Her career with the Government started in 1979 as Treasury Accountant in the Examination Syndicate Department of the Ministry of Education. In 1982, she served the Ministry of Defense before joining the Accountant General’s Department, where she has been since 1984.

She has held various positions in the Accountant General’s Department, including Deputy Director, Government Pensions Trust Fund; Director, Information Technology Services Division; and Director, Central Operations and Agency Service Division.

YBhg Dato' Rosini Abdul Samad is the Deputy Accountant General (Corporate) and the Accountant General's nominee on the Council of MIA, effective 16 December 2010. Previously, she was the Deputy Accountant General (Operations).

She graduated in 1977 from Universiti Malaya with a degree in Economics, majoring in Accounting. She received a postgraduate Diploma in Accounting in the following year and in 1994 YBhg Dato' Rosini received her Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Cardiff, United Kingdom and obtained a Master of Business Administration in 1995.

With over 30 years of working experience under her belt, YBhg Dato' Rosini started her career with the Government in 1978 as Treasury Accountant in the Accountant General's Department, Investments and Loans Division. In 1980, she served as Treasury Accountant in the Selangor Waterworks Department in the Finance and Accounts Section.

Between 1981 and 1984, she served as the Senior Internal Auditor in Customs and Excise Department of Malaysia, for the Internal Audit Division. After that, for the next 5 years, she served as a Senior Accountant for the National Population and Family Development Board (NPFDB).

In 1989, she served the Ministry of Finance in the Housing Loans Division, as the Senior Treasury Accountant and in 1995 she served the Public Service Department in Pensions Division as the Chief Accountant. From 1998 to 2000, she continued her service in the same position, for the Ministry of Public Works.

In October 2000, YBhg Dato' Rosini was made the General Manager of Finance & Administration for Sarawak Hidro Sdn Bhd. She returned to serve the Accountant General's Department, as Director of the Internal Audit Division on October 2006.

Datuk Mohd Nasir Ahmad is the President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants for 2 years from 8 August 2011. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom) and holds a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

He commenced his career in 1979 as a Trainee Accountant rising to Manager in various departments of the Finance Division of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) before moving to several other corporations. In January 1993 he joined Malaysia Transformer Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of TNB as the Financial Controller, before being made Chief Executive in June 1994. In January 2000, he joined Sharikat Permodalan Kebangsaan Berhad as its Chief Executive Officer. On 1 June 2001 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad, a position he held until his retirement on 1 June 2011.

Currently he is an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Audit Committee of Bina Darulaman Berhad, Pelaburan Hartanah Berhad, Bank Perusahaan Kecil & Sederhana Malaysia Berhad (SME Bank) and Pelaburan Mara Berhad, besides being on the boards of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Holdings Sdn Bhd, UPM Holdings Sdn Bhd and a Member of the Energy Commission. He is also an Adjunct Professor with Universiti Putra Malaysia.

He was awarded the Panglima Jasa Negara (P.J.N.) by Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di Pertuan Agong on 4 Jun 2005.

Johan Idris was elected as the Vice President of MIA on 29 March 2013.

He is a Partner in KPMG and heads both Audit practice, as well as the Energy and Natural Resources line of business. He is a committee member of the Audit and Accounting Committee at KPMG Malaysia. He was also the CSR partner of KPMG Malaysia.

Johan's vast industry experience spans over 20 years in Malaysia and in the USA. His expertise encompasses both audit and non-audit engagements, within the local and international context. He worked on various assignments including multinational companies (companies in the Fortune 500 list) as well as several public listed companies quoted in Bursa Malaysia.

He is a member of The Malaysian Institute Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and also serves as Project Leader of Extractive Industries for the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kalsom Salleh was re-appointed to the Council of MIA on 16 July 2011 after completing her term on 15 July 2011.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kalsom Salleh is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Accountancy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia. She obtained her PhD (Accountancy) from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. She holds a Master in Business Administration from Ohio University, USA and a Bachelor degree in accounting from Universiti Teknologi MARA.

Besides auditing and public sector accounting, her research areas of interest include knowledge management (KM), intellectual capital, electronic government and corporate governance. She has published a few papers for journal articles and book chapters on KM in public sector organisations.

She has presented many of her research papers at national and international conferences. With her active participation in KM conferences, she was invited to become a conference committee member and paper reviewer for the European Conference on Knowledge Management 2009 (ECKM 2009) in Italy and ECKM 2010 in Portugal.

Prof. Dr. Ku Nor Izah Ku Ismail was re-appointed to the Council of MIA on 16 July 2011 after completing her term on 15 July 2011.

A lecturer at Universiti Utara Malaysia, she obtained her PhD from Cardiff University, MBA from University Kebangsaan Malaysia and BSc (Accounting) from Western Kentucky University, USA.

She has over 20 years of teaching experience in financial accounting at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Besides teaching, Dr. Ku Nor Izah also held administrative posts and sat in various centres in UUM, the most significant being as Director of Centre for Professional and Continuing Education, University Utara Malaysia (UUM) in 2006. In 1999 and 2008, she was awarded the ''Excellence in Service Award'' by the Vice Chancellor of UUM.

She has obtained several research grants and published books and articles in local and overseas journals, a majority of which were in the area of financial reporting.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamat Sabri was appointed to the Council of MIA on 16 July 2011.

He is an Associate Professor and Chair of School of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Dr. Nurmazilah Dato’ Mahzan was appointed into the MIA Council on 1 August 2012.

She is currently the Deputy Dean of undergraduate program in the Faculty of Business and Accountancy. She is also the coordinator of International Audit Education Partnership (IAEP) for University Malaya, the first university in Malaysia recognized as an IAEP school.

Dr Nurmazilah started her career with Arthur Andersen in 1993 and later joined KUB Malaysia Berhad as the Group Accounts Manager. Her corporate experience covers various industries including property development and construction, banking, unit trusts, trading and manufacturing.

In 1999, she left the corporate world for the academia where she embarked on research projects in the areas of auditing, financial reporting and corporate governance. She obtained her PhD from University of Birmingham United Kingdom.

Dr. Nurmazilah also serves as a Member of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB), elected member of Board of Governors for IIA Malaysia (IIAM), the Honorary Treasurer with Persatuan Ekonomi Malaysia and Advisor to KHR Chartered Accountants. She also serves in the Accounting and Auditing technical committee of Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountant (MICPA).

Ken Pushpanathan is currently the President of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and was appointed into the MIA Council on 23 June 2012.

He was a former Partner in Ernst & Young (EY), Malaysia . He retired from EY in December 2009. During his tenure at EY, he has provided advisory, accounting and audit services in the role of a partner-adviser for a large number of clients based in Malaysia and internationally (both private and public corporations) in a variety of industries.

He was admitted as a member of the MICPA in April 1989 and became its Council Member in 2001. Mr Ken also serves on various Technical Committees of in both MICPA and MIA.

Alex Ooi is the President of CPA Australia Malaysia Divisional Council and was appointed to the Council of MIA on 1 March 2013.

Alex is an Audit Partner with BDO Malaysia having more than 20 years of financial advisory and assurance experience. His experience includes statutory audit of public listed companies and multinational corporations, due diligence reviews and feasibility studies, business valuations, internal audit and risk management and acted as financial adviser and/or reporting accountant to public companies in their initial public offering (IPO) and/or corporate and debt restructuring exercises. Alex is actively involved in IPO exercises and transaction support services of merger and acquisition transactions. He also acts as reporting accountant in debt finance exercise which includes Islamic financial products.

He is actively involved in business advisory services such as industry studies, feasibility and viability studies, regulatory due diligence and immigration services to foreign direct investments in Malaysia and Malaysian companies investing outside Malaysia.

Alex participates actively in the accounting profession in Malaysia. He is involved in the Financial Reporting Standards Implementation Committee (FRSIC) of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and the Financial Statements Review Committee of Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). He was also appointed as a member of the Government Accounting Standards Advisory Committee of the Accountant’s General Department of Malaysia.

Alex who holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University Autralia , is also a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and a Member of the Kampuchea Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Auditors (KICPAA)

Mohamed Raslan Abdul Rahman was appointed to the MIA Council on 1 December 2012. He is the Managing Partner of KPMG Malaysia. 

He has been with the firm since 1995. He also started the Management Assurance Services division in the area of internal audit and was the Partner-in-Charge of developing the economic value management methodology for KPMG Malaysia.

Raslan's work experience includes audit, consulting and corporate finance in Malaysia and Australia. He has also worked in carrying out internal audit work utilising systems controls, risk management and business reviews.

He has been particularly involved in providing services relating to initial public offers, rights issues and other special issues of companies listed on Bursa Malaysia. He has also nurtured companies for listing and provided transaction support service to the merger of banks.

Raslan has vast experience in providing due diligence services to clients from various industries. Due to his wide exposure to corporate organisations, Raslan's specialty is in restructuring, rescue plans and financing.

Raslan obtained his Bachelor of Commerce from University of Melbourne. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and Associate Member, Malaysian Institute of Cooperative & Management Accountants (ICMA).

Abdul Rahim is the immediate past Vice President of MIA. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants as well as Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA).

He has more than three decades of service in public practice. He started out in Coopers & Lybrand in 1971 and became the Managing Partner/Chief Executive of the firm in 1993. In 1998, Abdul Rahim assumed the position of Deputy Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers and held it until he retired on 30 June 2004.

In the Malaysian corporate arena, Abdul Rahim is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Petra Energy Berhad, MIDF Amanah Asset Management Berhad and he also represents the Ministry of Finance on the board of MIMOS Berhad and Malaysian Debt Venture Berhad.

Abdul Rahim contributes substantially in enhancing the human capital development through his involvements and participations in various competency enhancement activities involving students and academicians in Malaysia. Abdul Rahim is an Adjunct Professor in Accountancy at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, a member of the Senate at Open University Malaysia, a Member of the Advisory Panel at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Putra Malaysia as well as an Industry Adviser at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman.

Donald Joshua was appointed into the Council of MIA Council on 16 July 2011.

He is the Assistant Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia and he is responsible for the Financial Conglomerates Supervision, Insurance and Takaful Supervision and Banking Supervision Departments. Prior to his appointment, Donald Joshua was the Director of the Finance Department. He previously served in several departments in the Bank including Insurance and Banking Supervision, Insurance Regulation, Financial Surveillance and Strategic Management. Donald graduated from University of Malaya. He also holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, United Kingdom.

Baharuddin Ahmad was appointed to the Council of MIA on 16 July 2011. He is the President of the Association of Public sector Accountants Malaysia (PERASAMA).

Mohd Noh is the President of Persatuan Firma-Firma Akauntan Bertauliah Melayu Malaysia.

Mohd Noh was trained in Kassim Chan & Co. and served both in a government statutory body and later with Baharom - Hamdan before going into public practice under Mohd Noh & Co. in 1980. He is an insolvency partner of SKMN, a five partner firm which he initiated in 1992.

Mohd Noh is a member of MICPA and was on ACCA’s Malaysian Advisory Committee in 90’s. He studied accountancy in ITM Shah Alam and Newcastle Polytechnic and Huddersfield Polytechnic, both of England.

Mohd Noh was active in rugby and chamber of commerce and was the Treasurer of Malaysia Rugby Union and Treasurer of Malay Chamber of Commerce.

In 1987, Mohd Noh served in various committees of the Institute in Public Practice, Taxation and Insolvency committees. During that time he was also Chairman to the Small and Medium Practioners Committee and the then MIA Branches of Negeri Sembilan and Malacca.

Mohd Noh was appointed to MIA council on 1st December 2010. He serves as a member on the Disciplinary Appeal Board Committee, Taxation Committee and Financial Statement Review Committee.

Mustapa Kamal Mohd Razali was appointed into the MIA Council on 1 August 2012.

Currently he is attached with the KNM Group as a Team Member of the KNM Group Global Transformation Plan under the supervision of Roland Berger Management Consultant.

He has over 29 years of industry experiences in financial management and business management including international works exposure in Vietnam and Central Asia. His focus areas are in the oil & gas (E&P activities), oil & gas services, fabrication, green technology applications, Native Customary Rights land in Sarawak development for Palm Oil Plantation, Mini Hydro Renewable Energy development, Creative Media (3D Animation) and Travel & Tours businesses.

He has been involved with MIA as PAIB Committee Member since 2001 and had actively participated as Assessment Committee for NAfMA, Chairperson of MIA Article of Merit Award Assessment Committee and panel case writer for the MIA-MOHE Faculty of Accountancy & Business Capstone Case Study.

Eugene Wong Weng Soon is the Executive Director, Corporate Finance & Investment (CFI), Securities Commission Malaysia (“SC”). He was appointed into the Council of MIA on 16 July 2011.

As the ED of CFI, he is responsible for all matters pertaining to corporate finance and investments, which include issuances of equity and debt securities, disclosures on corporate transactions, take-overs and mergers, managed investment schemes and registration of prospectuses.

Eugene is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia & Fellow of CPA Australia. He has an Advance Diploma in Corporate Finance from The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and holds a B. Comm. from the University of Melbourne. Eugene has worked for a merchant bank, a stockbroking firm and in the audit and corporate finance divisions of an international accounting firm.

Zahrah was appointed into the Council of MIA on 16 July 2011.

She is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (services) of Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM). As the DCEO (Services), Zahrah oversees the Corporate Resource Division, the Corporate Development & Policy Division and the Public Affairs Section.

Presently, she is also a member of the Approval and Implementation Committee of the Iskandar Region Development Authority (IRDA).

She holds a Bachelor in Accounting (Hons) degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She began her career as an Advisor Accountant with the Royal Customs and Excise Department between August 1984 and April 1992 where she advised on matters relating to valuation and standard international practices of the open market. Between May 1992 and July 1995, Zahrah was attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Principal Accountant where she was responsible for handling the financial accounts and auditing of Malaysian Embassies and High Commissions worldwide.

Ahmad Zahirudin Rahim is a Partner in Assurance , Services in Ernst & Young (EY).

He was elected into the MIA Council on 25 September 2011.

He received his Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the University of Exeter and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

He has more than 17 years experience in providing various types of assurance and business advisory services. Among his portfolio of clients are companies in the oil and gas industry, manufacturing and trading concerns, government concession holders, property development and constructions, and investment holding companies.

Paul Chan is the Deputy President of the Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors. He was elected into the MIA Council on 25 September 2011.

Between 1999 and 2002, Paul Chan served as President to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Malaysia and from 2002 to 2003 he was the President of the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (MAICSA).

With over 35 years of professional and business experience under his belt, Paul Chan has contributed significantly in the fields of accounting, auditing, financial, business and Corporate Advisory services, and assisting clients to manage their corporate and personal financial resources. He is also an Independent Non Executive Director several public listed companies and an active player in the corporate and professional scene in Malaysia.

Dealanathan Joseph Lourdes is an auditor by profession and is the founding partner of the Lourdes & Kanna Partnership (Audit Practice). He is also involved in Tax Practice with Halconsult Sdn. Bhd.

He was elected into the MIA Council on 29 September 2012.

He completed his ACCA examinations in 1975. For the next 15 years, he made his name in the audit practice scene holding significant positions corporate management posts in Kuala Lumpur and Penang. In 1991 he established his own audit practice firm, D.J Lourdes & Company (Sole Proprietor) which in 2009 ,eventually became the current audit firm he’s heading.

He is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Accountants (FCCA) and an Associate Member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM).

Kua Choo Kai, Simon

Simon Kua is a Partner in Ernst & Young (EY) Malaysia since 1983. He was elected into the MIA Council on 25 September 2011.

He has over 28 years of local and international professional experience on issues concerning internal and external audit services, information systems assurance, enterprise risk management and corporate governance advice.

Simon Kua graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor degree in Economics. He did his post graduate studies in the University of Bath/ MIM where he received his MBA.

Simon Kua is a member of MICPA, a fellow of CPA Australia and is a member of the US Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

Leong Kah Mun is currently the financial controller of NCT Venture Corporation Sdn. Bhd.

He was elected into the MIA Council on 29 September 2012.

He started his career with one of the big four auditing firms in the field of auditing and has subsequently worked in numerous public listed companies specialising in corporate restructuring, due diligence exercises, project evaluation and funding structuring, tax planning and regulatory compliance.

He has also involved in IT project management for customised solutions for various reputable corporate entities. He has served as the honorary treasurer and founding member of the MCA ICT Resource Centre from 2005 to 2009 and has been a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 1998.

Dato' Narendra Kumar Jasani

Dato' N.K. Jasani is the country Managing Partner of Grant Thornton Malaysia. He is a fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), member of Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS). He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1974. Between years 1970 to 1985, he gained experience with Grant Thornton in England and locally with Ernst & Young, Baharom-Hamdan/Arthur Young & Co. After becoming an Audit Partner in 1985, he has been with Grant Thornton Malaysia since then.

Dato' Jasani has been involved in professional services for more than 30 years, covering financial institutions, manufacturing, multinational companies and listed public companies. From there he gained vast knowledge and experience in the areas of auditing, consulting and investigation, corporate restructuring, privatisation, and tax planning.

Dato' Jasani led the establishment of the Malaysian chapter of the ICAEW in July 2000 and was the pro-term and the first Chairman for 4 years. During this period he briefly served as a representative of ICAEW in the MIA Council and in the 2010 AGM has now been elected to the Council. As a founding Chairman of the ICAEW's Malaysian chapter, he has substantially raised the stature, activities and education for ICAEW. Today, he remains actively involved as the ICAEW Past Chairman and Adviser.

He is the Vice President of the Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors (MACD). Dato' Jasani is the Secretary of the National Insurance Association of Malaysia (NIAM) since 1983. This Association of 36 insurance companies carries out activities for the growth and development of the Malaysian insurance industry. Dato' Jasani is also an Independent Non-Executive Director in Mycron Steel Berhad, a long standing member in the Rotary Club of Pudu and a Trustee of Tuanku Ja'afar Education Trust.

Dato’ Raymond Liew is the President of McMillan Woods Global, an independent member firm of McMillan Woods Global network of which the global Head Office is based in London, United Kingdom.

A Chartered Accountant himself, Dato’ Raymond Liew holds a Master degree from Henley Management College, United Kingdom. He is also a corporate advisor with many years of extensive work experience with professional firms and multi-national companies in brand repositioning, corporate advisory, insolvency, Mergers & Acquisitions to include corporate tax planning and investigative exercises; and has since assisted in numerous corporate turnarounds and related due diligence corporate exercises.

Dato’ Raymond Liew is a Trustee of the Malaysian Accountancy Research & Education Foundation (MAREF) and is a Council member of the Chartered Taxation Institute of Malaysia (CTIM). He is a regular contributor of technical articles and a frequent speaker at various professional seminars, conferences and training programmes.

He is also an adjudicator for the National Annual Corporate Report Awards (NACRA) for the past many years, which national award is jointly organised by both MIA & MICPA. He also represents the institutes in technical tax dialogues and discussions with the Inland Revenue Board and the Ministry of Finance on a regular basis.

Sam is a practising chartered accountant under M/S Soh and Co and has been managing his own practice for more than 20 years.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Sam's experience includes working in international firms of Chartered Accountants in Perth, Sydney & Singapore and covers auditing, accounting, taxation, receivership, company secretarial & management consultancy work.

Sam Soh was elected as the MIA Council member on September 2005. He has been actively involved in the continuous development of the Institute and the accounting profession through various committees and activities at MIA and elsewhere. He was among members of the Institute who were elected to form the first Council after the Institute's Annual General Meeting in 1987. He set up of the Institute's Southern Branch office in Johor Bahru in 1987. He continued serving the branch until 1989.

Sam was re- appointed as the then Johor branch chairperson in 2000 which he served until September 2005. During his tenure as chairperson, he established working relationships with various governmental bodies and authority agencies such as the Inland Revenue Board, Companies Commission of Malaysia, and The Royal Malaysian Custom as well as with the Professional Accountancy Bodies in Johor.

Sam is also a Council member of The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) since 1983 and he is currently the Chairman of MICPA's Public Practice Committee. He is a regular speaker at Corporate Governance seminars organized by public companies and trade associations in conjunction with the Institute of Corporate Governance.

Soo Hoo Khoon Yean

Soo Hoo Khoon Yean is a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia.

He was elected into the MIA Council on 29 September 2012.

He graduated from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore majoring in Accounting in 1993 and completed his Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) examination two years later.

Currently he leads the Financial Services Practice which covers banking, insurance and asset management clients. He has over 19 years of experience in audit and business advisory services.

He is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK and is also a member of the ACCA Advisory Council, Malaysia.

Subramaniam A V Sankar

Subramaniam is a member of The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA).

Between 1969 and 1979 he was a Manager in Price Waterhouse and carried on as Financial Controller, IPPF until 1983. Currently he is partner at HALS & Associates.

Sudirman Masduki was appointed as the MIA 5th Registrar on 1 Dec 2012.

As the Registrar of the Institute, among others, he is responsible for maintaining the register of members in accordance to the provisions set out in the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (Membership and Council) Rules 2001.

Sudirman is no stranger to MIA and the accounting fraternity in Malaysia as he was among the first MIA members who were appointed by the government to serve on the MIA Council immediately after the amendments to the Accountants Act 1967 came into force in 2001.

Sudirman has more than three decades of working experience in both the government sector and other statutory agencies. Before being appointed as MIA’s fifth Registrar, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad (PNMB) from December 2011 until October 2012.

Prior to this, he was the Director of Accounts and Management Services at Kumpulan Wang Persaraan Diperbadankan (KWAP) from March 2007 until December 2009. From July 2000 until January 2007, he served as the General Manager of Corporate Services at the Amanah Raya Berhad. Sudirman was also the Director of Finance at Inland Revenue Board (IRB) from September 1996 until July 2000.

Sudirman started out his career as a Treasury Accountant under the Accountant General Department. He served the Ministry of Education from 1977 to 1979. He moved to do internal audit at the Ministry of Works and Utilities in 1979 and later served the Accountant General Department Sabah branch in 1981.

From 1984 until 1990, while serving at the Accountant General Department headquarters, he took part in the government’s Financial Management Improvement project. Subsequently, he also provided his expertise in the implementation of micro accounting system for various government agencies from 1990 to 1996.

Apart from being a member of the MIA, he is also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA). He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.