Dato’ Anis Rizana, aged 53, a Malaysian, was appointed as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of TM on 1 July 2020.

She graduated with a Diploma in Investment Analysis from MARA Institute of Technology (ITM) in 1990 and obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA in 1992 and a Diploma in Public Administration from the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) in 1995.  She holds a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from Graduate School of Management Universiti Putra Malaysia and has attended Advanced Leadership Management Programme at INTAN, the Advanced Management Programme (AMP) at Harvard Business School, Boston, USA and Advanced Leadership Development Programme with Razak School of Government.

Dato’ Anis Rizana is currently the Deputy Secretary General (Investment) with the Ministry of Finance (MOF). She started her career in early 1993 serving the private sector in the stockbroking firms and manufacturing industry before joining the public sector in 1994. She was appointed as the Senior Private Secretary to the Minister of Finance in 1999. She also served as the Principal Assistant Secretary in various divisions under the MOF such as the Finance Division; MOF Inc.; Privatisation and Coordination Division; Loan Management and Finance Policy Division; Economics and International Division and Budget Management Division. In 2008, she was appointed as the Deputy Under Secretary at the Investment, MOF Inc. and Privatization Division and subsequently after her two year stint at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad as the General Manager, Corporate Planning under the Cross Fertilization Programme (Khazanah Nasional Berhad/Public Service Department), served as the Head of Economic Stimulus Secretariat Unit, MOF. In 2009, Dato’ Anis Rizana also served as a Special Function Officer to the Chief Secretary of the Government under the Prime Minister’s Department. Subsequently in 2012, she was appointed as the Deputy Under Secretary, Remuneration Policy, Public Money, and Management Services Division.

Dato’ Anis Rizana served as Director of the Integrity and Governance Division (NKRA Against Corruption) in 2014, before being appointed as the Senior Research Fellow and thereafter assumed the responsibility as the Head of Cluster for Development and Policy Research at INTAN, Bukit Kiara. In 2018, she was appointed as the Head of Cluster for the Economics and Public Finance Cluster in INTAN. She was thereafter promoted as the Deputy Secretary General (Operations) for the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development in 2019 before assuming her current position.

She is currently a Director of Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP), Lembaga Tabung AngkatanTentera (LTAT) and Suruhanjaya Tenaga. Apart from that, Dato’ Anis also is the Chairman of Southern Catalyst Sdn Bhd and a Director on the Board of Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd and Lembaga Pembangunan Langkawi (LADA).

Dato’ Anis Rizana is a Member of Board Tender Committee and Board Risk Committee.