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Tan Sri Datuk Rafiah binti Salim (born in Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia) was the first female Vice-Chancellor in Malaysia, posted to Universiti Malaya since 1 May 2006. Rafiah Salim, a lawyer by qualification, brings with her almost three decades of experience in the academic and human resource fields. Rafiah who currently serves as the Director of the NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW) - an agency under the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development - was UN Assistant Secretary General for Human Resource Management at its headquarters in New York between 1997 and 2002.

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  • Tan Sri Datuk Rafiah binti Salim (born in Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia) was the first female Vice-Chancellor in Malaysia, posted to Universiti Malaya since 1 May 2006. Rafiah Salim, a lawyer by qualification, brings with her almost three decades of experience in the academic and human resource fields. Rafiah who currently serves as the Director of the NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW) - an agency under the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development - was UN Assistant Secretary General for Human Resource Management at its headquarters in New York between 1997 and 2002. (en)
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  • Tan Sri Datuk Rafiah binti Salim (born in Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia) was the first female Vice-Chancellor in Malaysia, posted to Universiti Malaya since 1 May 2006. Rafiah Salim, a lawyer by qualification, brings with her almost three decades of experience in the academic and human resource fields. Rafiah who currently serves as the Director of the NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW) - an agency under the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development - was UN Assistant Secretary General for Human Resource Management at its headquarters in New York between 1997 and 2002. In 2003 Rafiah was given the responsibility of setting up the International Centre for Leadership in Finance (ICLIF), and institution entrusted with the mandate of training corporate CEOs of the region. From 1995 to 1997, Rafiah was an Assistant Governor with Bank Negara Malaysia, The Central Bank of Malaysia. Prior to this, she joined Malayan Banking Bhd., Malaysia's largest banking group, as Head of Legal Department in 1989, and was promoted to General Manager of Human Resource in 1991, a post which she held until 1995. At all these organisations, Rafiah was responsible for strategising, planning and executing transformations, whether dealing with the corporate culture generally, or leadership culture specifically. In fact it was this experience at the national and international level that resulted in her appointment at University of Malaya, Malaysia's top university. Rafiah's involvement with academia actually began in 1974 when she became a lecturer at the Law faculty also at the University of Malaya. She was appointed the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law in 1986, and the following year, was appointed as the Dean of the faculty. Rafiah has been active in publishing academic works and in presenting papers at both local and international platforms. In America and Canada, Rafiah has interalia, presented papers at conferences organised by the HR Association of Public Service, New Jersey, at the UN itself, at Princeton University, and at IPMA (International Personnel Management Association) Ottawa. Rafiah obtained her Certificate in Legal Practice in 1980 and is an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. Rafiah studied law at Queen's University of Belfast, from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1971 and Master of Laws in 1974. In 2005 Rafiah was awarded an honorary doctorate by her alma mater. Rafiah was the President of the Malayan Commercial Banks’ Association from 1991 to 1993, and was the Vice Chairman of the Malaysian Employers Federation in 1992. She is also a Non-Executive Director for NestlĂ© (Malaysia) Berhad, Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (MGRC), Cerebos (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and the National Entrepreneurship Board (PUNB) On the official birthday of DYMM Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, on 4 June 2011, Rafiah was awarded Darjah Kebesaran PANGLIMA SETIA MAHKOTA (P.S.M), carrying the title "TAN SRI". (en)
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