Working her way up the financial ladder

MAIMOONAH Hussain graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Accountancy. She began her career at Morgan, Grenfell & Co, Asia and spent 13 years with the company.

Prior to her career at the Affin banking group, Mdm Maimoonah was head of syndications at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, where she was responsible for developing the firm's debt syndications business across Asean. She was also seconded to Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia to develop the Malaysian and cross-border debt business, prior to joining the Affin Banking Group.

The Affin Hwang Capital group employs around 1,300 people in Malaysia. Its securities business currently engages almost 800 remisiers.