Siti Safinah Binti Salleh

Chief Executive Officer, Energy Commission

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Bio

Siti Safinah binti Salleh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from Multimedia University Malaysia. She later earned a Master of Business from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, followed by a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, United States.

She began her career in the telecommunications and digital economy sectors, having served at Telekom Malaysia Group and the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). She later joined Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, where she held various leadership roles in the Governance, Risk and Compliance Division as well as in strategic planning and portfolio management. Her portfolio included the implementation of sustainable investing practices and engagement with global institutional investors, regulators, and sovereign funds. She was also a board member of VCAP Asset Managers.

In February 2021, she was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of MyPOWER Corporation, a special-purpose agency under the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (now PETRA). At MyPOWER,  she  led  the  coordination  and  implementation  of  power  supply  industry  reform initiatives in Malaysia.

She was appointed  as  the  Chief  Executive  Officer  of  the  Energy  Commission (Suruhanjaya Tenaga) effective 19 February 2025.