Malaysia's special advisory council committed to meet first 100-day promises, says Maybank

SINGAPORE (May 16): The five-member Council of Eminent Persons, a team of special advisors announced by Malaysia’s prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on May 12, has hit the ground running.

Led by former Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin, the council also includes former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz, former Petronas chief Hassan Marican, business tycoon Robert Kuok, and esteemed economist Jomo Kwame Sundaram.

Already, the team of elders has met with various policymakers, regulators, international rating agencies, businesses associations, government-linked investment companies, pension funds, and workers unions, among others.

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