Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Siti Norma Yaakob was appointed Chairperson of CIMB Foundation on 15 November 2007.

On 30 January 2008, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts appointed Tan Sri Dato' Seri Siti Norma as one of their 6 new judges. She is the first female judge to join the DIFC Courts. Tan Sri was first called to the English Bar in 1962 and rose to become the first woman appointed to an executive position in the government’s Judicial and Legal Service in 1963, the first woman to be elevated to the High Court Bench in 1983, the first woman to be appointed as a Court of Appeal Judge in 1994 and the first woman Federal Court Judge in 2001. Tan Sri was later sworn in as the Chief Judge of Malaya on 8 February 2005 and she subsequently retired in January 2007.

She was the President of both the Federation of Women Lawyers and the Judicial and Legal Service Officers Association, a Regional Vice-President of the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association, and member of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission. She has represented Malaysia in many conferences, including a United Nations forum on the Commission on the Status of Women in Vienna, Austria and a number of conferences held in various Commonwealth countries organised by the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association. She was also a member of the Organising Committee for the first Judicial Workshop on Judicial Accountability held in Malaysia in 2002.

Her accolades include the Women Development Institute Fellowship in 1988, an International award as an Eisenhower Exchange Fellow in 1990, and the “Anugerah Nur Gemilang 2001 – Guaman” in 2001 jointly awarded by the Ministry of Women and Family Development and the Association of Women Graduates Malaysia.

Tan Sri was also honoured with Johan Setia Mahkota (JSM) and Panglima Mangku Negara (PMN) by His Majesty the King of Malaysia in 1978 and 2005 respectively, and Dato’ Setia Negeri Sembilan (DSNS) and Darjah Seri Paduka Ja’afar Yang Amat Terpuji (SPTJ) by His Royal Highness the Ruler of Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus in 1987 and 2007 respectively.