Puan Hajah Saadatul Nafisah Binti Bashir Ahmad

Hajah Saadatul Nafisah is a chartered accountant and member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). She holds a Master of Commerce in International Accounting and Finance from the University of Wollongong, Australia. She has extensive experience in accounting and auditing, having spent 37 years with the Malaysian National Audit Department (Jabatan Audit Negara, Malaysia) before retiring as Audit Director. Her key areas of expertise are financial, management, and performance auditing. She was in charge of auditing the Federal Government and its agencies, as well as State Governments, Federal Statutory Bodies, the Islamic Council, Government Link Companies (GLCs), and local governments.

She is also a forensic auditor who has worked on high-profile investigations such as those involving the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), Penang Tuna Port, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), and Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). She oversaw all aspects of the investigation.

Four years as an International Consultant with the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She assisted the National Audit Departments of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste in revising and reviewing their Financial Audit Manuals to ensure compliance with the International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAI). Trained officers and organized regional workshops and video conferences for participating Supreme Audit Institutions. A financial reporting and auditing expert for the Asian Development Bank's of Cambodia and Myanmar resident missions.

For six years, she served as an independent non-executive director of Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC), its subsidiary, Boustead Penang Shipyard Sdn. Bhd., and a joint venture company, Boustead DNCS Naval Corporation Sdn. Bhd. As a board member of a Public-Listed Company (PLC), she establishes policies and makes critical decisions for the company and its shareholders, ensures proper financial oversight, approves strategic planning, ensures legal and ethical compliance, and meets Corporate Governance and Bursa Malaysia requirements.

She was also appointed to the Audit, Investment, and Integrity Committees of Yayasan Pembangunan Ekonomi Islam Malaysia (YaPEIM) for three years.

A professional trainer at the international and national levels. She trained auditors in performance and forensic auditing at the International Supreme Audit Institution (INTOSAI) and the Asian Supreme Audit Institution (ASOSAI), and also at the ASEAN and national levels. Trained officers from a variety of ministries, departments, statutory bodies, and GLCs.