Khalijah Ismail

Khalijah Ismail, Maybank Group’s CFO, has spent over 30 years of her career at Malaysia’s biggest bank. She started as a client relationship manager and worked her way up to financial controller for Maybank Group in 2014 and was made CFO in 2021. She’s played an instrumental role in establishing Maybank’s Global Banking arm, which now has a physical presence in 10 Southeast Asian economies. She also collaborated with other accountants and CFOs to develop a support plan to mitigate the negative impact of loan moratoriums for customers during the pandemic. Khalijah cochairs Maybank’s Women Mentor Women Council as well.