Dato Dr. Nik Ramlah Mahmood was the Deputy Chief Executive from the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) before retiring in March 2016, having served 23 years in the organization. Prior to joining the SC, Dato Dr. Nik Mahmood was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya and served as the Deputy Dean.
Dato' Dr. Nik is renowned for her extensive experience in areas ranging from regulatory policy, legal reform, product and market development, corporate governance, Islamic capital market and investor education and enforcement. She currently sits as a Board Member of INCEIF, Pemodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and United Malacca Berhad (UMB).
Dato' Dr. Nik Mahmood holds a First Class Honours in Law from University Malaya and a LLM and PhD from University of London.
Dato' Dr. Nik Mahmood was appointed to the Board of ICMR in July 2019.