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This article first appeared in Options, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on October 22, 2018 - October 28, 2018

Doing things her way has served Maybank chairman Datuk Mohaiyani Shamsudin well as she has carved out a successful career in finance for herself while blazing a trail for other women in the industry. She tells Anandhi Gopinath what drove the unconventional decisions she has made in her lifetime and how she is making the chairman’s role her own at the bank.

 

Well before meeting Maybank chairman Datuk Mohaiyani Shamsudin, I was told about her sense of humour, gregarious nature and bubbly personality. Legend morphs into reality the afternoon we meet as the 69-year-old is indeed exactly as she is described — warm and absolutely personable with an easy laugh. The source of her quiet confidence is her enviable wealth of experience, making her exceptionally suitable for her position. Mohaiyani has enjoyed a rich and illustrious career in finance over the years, both in the public service and on her own as one of the earliest private stockbrokers in Malaysia’s then nascent financial services industry.

We meet at the 51st floor of Menara Maybank, where trays of delicious kuih (my compliments to Maybank’s catering department) have been laid out at Mohaiyani’s request, although she is fasting that day. Clad in a forest green baju kurung with a matching pale yellow tudung, she looks much younger than her age — the benefits of a life well lived doing a job she loves, we suggest? She laughs in agreement.

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