Tan Sri Hasmah Abdullah is the former Chief Executive Officer and Director-General of the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), she had a distinguished career with IRB spanning over 37 years. At IRB, she led the Malaysian delegation to various international conferences and represented Malaysia on the Management Committee of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators in London from 2007 to 2009. Under her leadership, IRB was awarded the inaugural Prime Minister’s Innovation Award in 2009 in recognition of the vast improvements and innovations introduced to the tax-paying public. She was also a Tax Advisor to PricewaterhouseCoopers Taxation Services Sdn Bhd and a Commission Member of the Securities Commission of Malaysia.