Puan Zafina Ahmad
Director of Finance Division
Pn Zafina Ahmad is a Chartered Accountant (MIA) and Fellow Certified Practising Accountant (CPA Australia) with over 18 years of experience, across distinctively different domains such as financial, international multinational company, information technology and government sectors. Her expertise includes in areas of financial management, financial operations, financial reporting, treasury management, business analytics and reporting, risk management, corporate governance, appraisal and modelling for tenders, investment appraisals and commercial banking.
Upon graduation from the University of Canberra, Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting in May 1997, she joined the Commercial Banking Division of Southern Bank Berhad. Over the 7 years working with the Bank, she has gained valuable insights into the banking industry and during her tenor, had successfully developed and implemented the credit risk management approach across all prioritised customer segments together with the Bank’s consultant, McKinsey & Co.
Pn Zafina subsequently joined QI Services Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of QI Ltd which is a multinational company with their headquarters in Hong Kong. She served as their Investment Analyst and then as Group Internal Auditor from September 2004 to October 2006 with the main role of performing the overall audit for the various offices in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Bangkok. In Dec 2006, she moved to Singapore and joined Random Connexion Pte Ltd till June 2008 and subsequently transferred to its sister company, Mystiq Mobile Pte Ltd from June 2008 to March 2009. Both companies were involved in the information technology spectrum, specialising in mobile applications. During her 2 1/2 years stint with the group as the Financial Controller, she was responsible for the financial planning, management and policies apart from the overall Human Resources and Administration functions of the group.
Prior to joining SEDA Malaysia in February 2020, she served as Vice President in the Corporate Development & Finance Division of Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) for more than 7 years, from April 2009 to January 2017. As Head of Finance Department at IRDA, she was responsible for the overall financial management apart from being the Permanent Member for the Procurement Committees including the Quotation Committee and Variation Order Committee.