Suhana Dewi Selamat was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad on 1 October 2025.
Suhana Dewi Selamat joined Khazanah in November 2012 to establish the Investments Division’s business-embedded compliance function and was appointed the Chief Risk Officer on 1 February 2017. She is the Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance and serves as the Chief Integrity & Governance Officer liaising with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (“MACC”). Suhana is a regular speaker on risk management, business continuity, compliance and integrity (or anti-corruption), drawing on her 30 years’ working experience in local and international firms.
She was appointed a Board Director of UDA Holdings Berhad on 27 June 2023 and serves on the Board Audit & Risk Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee, and Board Business Recovery Committee, contributing expertise in legal affairs, governance, risk management, and corporate strategy.
Suhana retired from the Board of Trustees of WWF Malaysia in 2022 after eight years of service, during which she led sensitive internal investigations, drove the review of its governance structure and by-laws, and ran an Executive Committee during an interim period without a CEO. Earlier in her career, she was the Country Head of Compliance for Credit Suisse in Malaysia (2007-2012) and held various roles at the Securities Commission’s Bond Market Department, RHB Bank’s Legal Department. She began her career in legal practice after obtaining her Certificate in Legal Practice from Universiti Malaya in 1996.
Suhana read law at the London School of Economics and has since earned the Certified Integrity Officer (CeIO) from the MACC’s Anti-Corruption Academy, the international Certificate of Business Continuity Institute (CBCI), the Sustainable Capitalism & ESG certification from UC Berkeley School of Law and the Leading Sustainable Business Transformation Certificate from IMD.
