Afiza Abdullah

Afiza Abdullah is the Executive Vice President responsible for the overall management of PIDM’s member institutions’ resolution plans as well as the functions related to various aspects of PIDM’s intervention and resolution, crisis management, macro surveillance and policy. She also oversees the assessment, planning, liquidation, and undertaking of timely and effective reimbursement of protected benefits and insured deposits of PIDM’s member institutions. Afiza joined PIDM in 2011 as Deputy General Manager, Policy and International Division and was subsequently appointed as General Manager, Policy and International Division in 2016.

With her vast experience in policy making on matters relating to deposit insurance, insurance guarantee schemes and resolution, Afiza is active in various discussions at the international fora and a well sought after speaker, in addition to her current responsibilities at PIDM. She is currently the Vice Chairperson of the Asia Pacific Regional Committee (APRC) of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) and had just completed her Chairmanship of the IADI Resolution Working Group that established the Resolution Technical Committee at IADI. She has also previously served as the Chair of the International Forum of Insurance Guarantee Schemes (IFIGS) in 2022 and the Vice Chair of IFIGS in 2023.

Prior to joining PIDM, Afiza had over 9 years of extensive regulatory experience with Bank Negara Malaysia, and had been involved in, among others, prudential policy formulation for insurance and banking sectors, and the modernisation of the Central Bank Act 2009 as well as the regulatory laws. She was a core team member in the development of the Bank Negara Malaysia Financial Blueprint. She began her career in an audit firm in London, United Kingdom and joined a local investment bank upon her return to Malaysia, before joining Bank Negara Malaysia.