Rashidah Binti Alias @ Ahmad

Biography

Mme. Rashidah binti Alias @ Ahmad is Chief Financial Officer of Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd since December 14, 2015. She was its Non-Independent Non-Executive Director from September 15, 2011 until July 31, 2015. She graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1994 with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in April 2015. She began her career in 1994 at Arthur Andersen, a firm of Chartered Accountants, where she was involved in audit and various advisory assignments. Since joining PETRONAS in 1998, she has held various positions within PETRONAS covering areas of corporate planning, corporate bonds issuance, initial public offerings, financial reporting, planning and budgeting, shared services and treasury. Prior to her appointment as Chief Financial Officer of PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad, she was the Senior General Manager of Group Treasury in PETRONAS, where she managed the centralised treasury operations for PETRONAS Group, covering aspects of liquidity and debt management, fund investment, foreign exchange and treasury advisory. She is currently responsible for the management of all financial and fiscal aspects of PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad and its subsidiaries as well as risk management, supply chain management, investor relations and information system. She also sits on the Boards of several companies in PETRONAS.

Research Interest

Financial Research Business Aadministration Accounting Economics