Lya Rahman is currently the Adviser/Council Member of the Institutional Investors Council Malaysia (IIC) which was established in July 2015.
She is a member of the ICGN Global Network of Investor Association (GNIA) and ICGN Global Stewardship Codes Network (GSCN) and was invited to be the judge for the ICGN Global Stewardship Awards for two years, i.e. 2018 and 2020.
Lya Rahman is very passionate on Corporate Governance and shareholder activism matters and have written articles on the subject matter which were published in the StarBiz, The Edge Financial Daily and FocusMalaysia. She frequently speaks and participates as panellists at several platforms – both locally and internationally.
Prior to that, she spent 18 years with the Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (MSWG) as the General Manager and oversaw the Analysts Team. She attended AGMs of PLCs s the Corporate Representative of MSWG during which she vocally raised pertinent issues of concern relating to CG and the rights of minority shareholders.
Since 2012 until she left MSWG in March 2019, Lya was appointed the ASEAN CG Experts to represent Malaysia and headed the review of the ASEAN CG Assessment for Malaysian PLCs; and engagements with PLCs on improving their CG performance.
Lya was also a member of the Task Force to review the Statement on Internal Control – Guidance for Directors of Public Listed Companies which was organised by the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia, member of the Technical Working Committee for Corporate Integrity System Malaysia (CISM) under the Malaysian Institute of Integrity, and participated actively in the Network Meetings on CG organised by the OECD State-Owned Enterprises.
For over 10 years prior to her joining MSWG, she had held various positions at the senior managerial level with various companies and organisations. Throughout her working career, she has been exposed to various organisations and businesses, diverse cultures and management styles. She also had the opportunity to work with people at all levels, which also includes the State and Federal Government Departments & Agencies as well as Regulatory Bodies.
