Shaik Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour


Shaik Abdul Rasheed bin Abdul Ghaffour is a Malaysian banker who has been the Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia since 1 July 2023. He was previously the deputy governor of the central bank.

Education

He attended St. John’s Institution high school in Kuala Lumpur in his early years. Then he obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from Universiti Malaya and an MBA from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Career

Shaik Abdul Rasheed started working at BNM in 1988. Throughout his career, he has held various senior management positions and has been a member of the Monetary Policy Committee and the Financial Stability Committee since 2015. He also played an important role in the development and implementation of the Financial Sector Master Plan and the Financial Sector Plan. In 2016, he was appointed Deputy Governor of BNM.
Shaik Abdul Rasheed was appointed 10th Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia effective from 1 July 2023 for 5 years.

Honours