Eshah, aged 55, a Malaysian, was appointed  Non-Independent Non-Executive Alternate Director to Dato’ Zalekha Hassan on 11 March 2009. She graduated with a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from University of Malaya in 1980 and obtained a Diploma in Public Administration from the National Institute of Public Administration in 1981. She later obtained a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from the Oklahoma City University, USA, in 1994.

Eshah began her career in the Malaysian civil service in 1981 as an Assistant Director, Macro Economic Section in the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department, and in 1991, she was appointed Assistant Secretary in the Government Procurement Management Division, Ministry of Finance (MoF). Since then, she has held various positions in the MoF, such as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Under Secretary, before assuming her current position as Under Secretary, Investment, Minister of Finance, Inc. and Privatization Division in September 2006.

Eshah is also a Director of Pos Malaysia Berhad, Global Maritime Ventures Berhad (a subsidiary of Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad) and a number of private companies.