Shaik Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour

Shaik Abdul Rasheed bin Abdul Ghaffour is a Malaysian banker who has been the Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia (BNM) since 1 July 2023. He was previously the deputy governor of the central bank.

Education He attended St. John’s Institution high school in Kuala Lumpur in his early years. Then he obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from University of Malaya and an MBA from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Shaik Abdul Rasheed was appointed 10th Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia effective from 1 July 2023 for 5 years.

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Views on central banking Shaik Abdul Rasheed told a conference of central bankers in March 2026 that four factors were defining central banking. These were: a shifting global economic landscape, emerging technologies, demographics, and factors affecting trust in central banks. He said that in the face of these challenges, a country's "fiscal, monetary, financial and structural policies" should be aligned in order to best respond. Shaik Abdul Rasheed said he believes that central banks can make economies resilient to shocks, in addition to implementing policies that create stability.