Sharon Liew has more than 17 years of banking and training experience. She started her career as a Senior Associate at BDO; leading audits of the government-linked group of companies under the Prime Minister’s Office from 2005-2007.

Following that, she joined Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) as Financial Supervisor where her responsibilities included on-site and off-site surveillance of financial institutions in Malaysia. Her surveillance portfolio covered risk management control functions across Consumer Banking, SME Banking, Corporate Banking, and Investment Banking. She also led and conducted several thematic reviews that included AML/CFT, credit risk-SA review, operational risk, FRS139, stress testing, corporate governance, Shariah compliance and internal controls. In 2012, Sharon represented BNM as part of the knowledge sharing team at the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Banking Supervisory training. Pursuing her passion for teaching, Sharon then went on to teach banking and finance at the Tunku Abdul Rahman University College from 2014 to 2021.

At the Asian Banking School, she develops and delivers customised Sustainable Finance programmes for clients including designing Sustainable Finance Structured Learning Pathways. She also conducts Sustainability Awareness training sessions for diverse age groups and participants from various sectors utilising multiple languages during her training sessions. Currently, Sharon is working on expanding partnerships with government agencies to enhance the scope of training offerings to the banking and non-banking industry. She is also involved in conducting Qualification-related training.