Sep 18 2013
Shireen A Muhiudeen
Founder & Managing Director of Corston-Smith Asset Management
Shireen Muhiudeen founded Corston-Smith Asset Management in 2004, and is today its managing director with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore, where it is an exempt fund manager. Under her stewardship, Corston-Smith is now a partner of British Telecom Pension Scheme (BTPS). She was chief executive of the Malaysian arm of insurance giant AIG Investment Corporation from 1991 till 2003.
“Shireen Muhiudeen is an experienced voice in Asian financial matters”
Shireen Ann Zaharah Muhiudeen began managing Shariah funds in 1988 and has been a licensed fund manager representative with Malaysia’s Securities Commission since 1996. She is a member of the CFA Institute and of the International Corporate Governance Network. At AIG she managed its insurance portfolio and third-party money invested in Malaysia, Indonesia, and India, as well as AIG’s Asia Emerging Fund region-wide, save for Japan. Shireen has also singlehandedly drawn international investors to Malaysia by launching the ASEAN Corporate Governance Fund in 2008 and the ASEAN Shariah Corporate Governance Fund in 2009. An avid sportswoman, Shireen represented Malaysia in the Junior Wimbledon tennis championships and served on the board of Tourism Malaysia, as well as her country’s Sports Advisory Council.[/expand]
Shireen Muhiudeen brings to her extensive current ASEAN client portfolio more than 22 years of focused fund management experience. Besides having her own monthly column, Governance Matters, in Malaysia’s biggest-selling daily – The Star, Shireen is regularly sought after for her views by global broadcasters such as Bloomberg and CNBC, providing some interesting comparisons on how far women have progressed in the corporate world internationally and a completely fresh perspective on the value of having women in the Board Room. A proponent of Governance, transparency and Islamic Finance she is a regular speaker at seminars and forums.[/expand]
An avid advocate of equal gender representation in boardrooms, Shireen Muhiudeen is a powerful and astute orator who engages and informs worldwide audiences.[/expand]
Topics
Bringing Women on Board
Governance & Corporate Social Responsibility
Islamic Finance
Asset Allocation
Equity Risk Control
Investment Strategy for Asian Stocks
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