Thursday, January 27, 2011

Three new Bank Negara assistant governors

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara will have three new assistant governors -- Donald Joshua Jaganathan, Abu Hassan Alshari Yahaya and Marzunisham Omar -- with effect from Feb 1, 2011.

The central bank said on Thursday, Jan 27 Donald will be responsible for the financial conglomerates supervision, insurance and takaful supervision and banking supervision departments.

Prior to his appointment, he 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 and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He also holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, United Kingdom.

Assistant governor Abu Hassan will act as the secretary to the board of Bank Negara. He will also oversee several departments that include finance, strategic communications, corporate services, property management services, Bank Negara's integrated contact centre (BNMLINK) and its regional offices, the security department and the Museum and Art Gallery. ''

Abu Hassan is currently the director of the corporate communications department. His previous experiences at the bank include in the areas of supervision and regulation. He holds a degree in economics from Monash University, Australia.

Assistant Governor Marzunisham will be responsible for the bank's strategic human capital, strategic management, human capital development centre and IT services departments as well as the HR services unit.

Prior to his appointment, he served as director of the economics department and development finance and entreprise department.

Marzunisham has also served in the international department as well as bank regulation. He is a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of Bank Negara.

He graduated from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, with a BA and MA degree in economics.


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