Lead, CEO Action Network (CAN) Policy Advocacy Workstream

Founder, Climate Governance Malaysia

Datin Sunita Rajakumar is a professional independent director and a strong advocate of the importance of governance in general and risk management in particular.

She founded Climate Governance Malaysia which is the country chapter of the World Economic Forum’s Climate Governance Initiative, is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia, a member of the Global Advisory Board of Nottingham University's School of Business, the Advisory Panel of the UN Global Compact Malaysia’s Sustainability Center of Excellence, member of the Steering Committee and Workstream Lead for Government Policy at the CEO Action Network, an industry led initiative to increase sustainability and climate resilience, and promotes gender diversity on boards with the 30% Club.

She is an independent director of Bursa-listed companies Dutch Lady Milk Industries (Chairman) and Berjaya Corporation; as well as MCIS Insurance (a member of the Sanlam group) and Zurich General Insurance, and serves as trustee of 5 charitable foundations.