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TAN SRI DATO' SERI SITI NORMA YAAKOB
 
Education:
  1. Primary Education at Malay School Rahang, Seremban
  2. Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, Seremban
  3. King George V, Seremban
Qualifications:  
  1. Studied law in London and obtained Degree Barrister-at-Law of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, London in 1962
  2. Obtained Certificate in Public International Law in Post-Finals Course, conducted by Council of Legal Education, London
Appointments:
  1. Senior Assistant Registrar, High Court, Kuala Lumpur
    15.06.1963 – 31.12.1965
  2. President, Sessions Court, Kuala Lumpur
    01.01.1966 – 31.12.1968
  3. Senior Federal Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers, Kuala Lumpur
    01.01.1969 – 31.08.1969
  4. Deputy Public Trustee, Malaysia
    01.09.1969 – 31.10.1970
  5. Assistant Senior Director (Estate Duty), Income Tax Department
    01.11.1970 – 30.11.1973
  6. President, Sessions Court, Kuala Lumpur
    01.12.1973 – 31.05.1980
  7. Chief Registrar, Federal Court, Malaysia
    01.06.1980 – 03.04.1983
  8. Judge, High Court, Malaya
    04.04.1983 – 16.09.1994
    Posted in Kuala Lumpur in the Civil Division of the High Court from 1983 – 1987, Commercial Division from 1988 – February 1994 and the Appellate and Special Powers Division from 01.03.1994 – 16.09.1994.
  9. Judge, Court of Appeal Malaysia
    17.09.1994 – 31.12.2000
  10. Judge, Federal Court Malaysia
    w.e.f. 01.01.2001
  11. Chief Judge of Malaya
    08.02.2005 – 05.01.2007
    06.07.2006 – Reached compulsory retiring age but services extended for another 6 months until 05.01.2007.
    06.01.2007 – Retired as a Federal Court Judge and Chief Judge of Malaya.
Office bearer in the following organizations::
  1. President, Federation of Women Lawyers, 1976 –1977
  2. President, Judicial and Legal Service Officers Association, 1979 – 1981
  3. Member, Board of Governors, Tunku Kurshiah College, Seremban, 1966 – 1990
  4. Council Member of the Commonwealth Magistrates’ Association, 1982 – 1985
  5. Regional Vice-President, Commonwealth Magistrates’ Association, 1985 – 1989
  6. Secretary, Asean Law Association of Malaysia, 1982 – 1989
  7. Member of Governing Council, Asean Law Association, 1982 – 1989
  8. Member of Executive Committee, Asean Law Association of Malaysia, 1994
  9. Member of Governing Council, Asean Law Association, 1994
  10. Member of Executive Council, Eisenhower Fellows Association Malaysia 1992 – 2003
  11. Vice President of the Eisenhower Fellows Association of Malaysia from April, 2004 – 2008
  12. Member of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission from 1 March, 2005 – 28 February, 2006
Represented Malaysia at the following Conferences / Seminars:
  1. Law Asia in Kuala Lumpur in 1968
  2. Attended a Course in England and Wales in 1968 sponsored by the Royal Commonwealth Society
  3. Attended the Fourth Commonwealth Magistrates’ Conference in Kuala Lumpur in 1975
  4. The International Conference of Appellate Magistrates in Manila in 1977
  5. The Fifth Commonwealth Magistrates’ Conference in Oxford, England in 1979
  6. General Assembly Asean Law Association in Manila in 1980
  7. Twenty-ninth Commission on the Status of Women, in Vienna on 24th February to 5th March 1982
  8. Eleventh Congress of the International Association of Youth and Family Court Magistrates in Amsterdam, 2nd – 7th August, 1982
  9. The Sixth Commonwealth Magistrates’ Conference, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 12th – 18th September, 1982
  10. General Assembly Asean Law Association in Kuala Lumpur, 25th – 29th October, 1982
  11. Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting, Sri Lanka, 14th – 19th February, 1983
  12. Attended Governing Council Meeting of the Asean Law Association in Medan from 30th to 31st July, 1983
  13. The First International Seminar – Workshop on Managing Delays in the Courts in Manila, Philippines from 6th – 8th September, 1983
  14. The 7th Commonwealth Law Conference in Hongkong from 19th – 23rd September, 1983
  15. Attended Council Meeting of the Commonwealth Magistrates Association in Nairobi, Kenya, from 7th – 10th September, 1984
  16. Attended the Seventh Magistrates Conference in Nicosia, Cyprus from 7th – 14th September, 1985
  17. Attended General Assembly, Asean Law Association in Bangkok from 15th – 19th November, 1986
  18. Attended Governing Council and Standing Committees Meetings of the Asean Law Association in Brunei Darussalam from 24th – 27th June, 1987
  19. Attended Governing Council Meeting and Standing Committees Meeting, Asean Law Association in Manila, 23rd – 25th June 1988
  20. Participated in the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Programme in USA in 1990
  21. Attended Meeting of Governing Council, Asean Law Association in Singapore, 27th –29th May 1994
  22. Represented Malaysia at “The Regional and Gender Conference” of the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association from 15th – 20th July, 2001 in Barbados, West Indies
  23. Attended a Seminar on “The Malaysian Capital Market” organized by the Securities Commission, Kuala Lumpur from 3rd – 5th September, 2001
  24. Member of Organizing Committee and participant to the first Judicial Workshop on Judicial Accountability organized by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association in Kuala Lumpur from 4th – 6th April, 2002
  25. The Jubilee Conference in London, 23rd – 26th September, 2002 organized by the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association
  26. Participated at the 13th Commonwealth Law Conference, at Melbourne, Australia, 13th – 17th April 2003
  27. Participated at the 13th Triennial Conference of the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association (CMJA) at Mangochi, Malawi, 24th – 29th August, 2003, presented a paper titled “Codes of Ethics and Conduct” and elected Vice-President of CMJA representing the Indian Ocean Region on 29th August, 2003
  28. Attended the Council Meetings of the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association (CMJA) and the Conference that preceded the meetings on “Justice at the Grassroots – Local Courts and the Delivery of Justice”, 20th – 25th September, 2004 in Jersey, Channel Islands.
  29. As a member of the Legal Profession Qualifying Board, did a study tour of 3 law institutes in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, that offer courses in practical legal training as well as the Law Admissions Consultative Committee, the policy making body that sets the standard for admissions of all lawyers in Australia as legal practitioners. The study tour was from 30th November to 6th December, 2004.
  30. Attended the Council Meeting of the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association (CMJA) and the Conference organized by the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana in Accra, Ghana from 31st July to 4th August, 2005.
  31. Attended the 14th Commonwealth Law Conference organized by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association in London, 11th – 15th September, 2005
  32. Attended the Asean Law Association’s 25th Anniversary Special Commemorative Session and Conference in Manila, Philippines from 24th – 27th November, 2005.
  33. Attended the International Conference & Showcase on Judicial Reforms in Manila, Philippines, November 28th – 30th, 2005.
  34. Member of the Organizing Committee of the Tun Suffian Foundation Incorporated on the occasion of the Inaugural Fund Raising Dinner held on 28th April, 2006.
  35. Participated at the Meeting of International Experts on “Human Rights in Islam” held in Kuala Lumpur from 15th – 19th May 2006 by chairing a plenary session on the topic of “Human Rights of Women and Children”.
  36. Guest speaker at the Asian Counsel “5th Annual In House Congress 2006” in Kuala Lumpur on the topic of “Law as a Tool for International Trade”.
  37. Officiated at the Closing Ceremony of “The 2006 Lawasia Labour Law Conference” held in Kuala Lumpur on 12 August, 2006.
  38. Delivered the Opening Speech at the International Conference on “Legislations and Mechanisms to Promote Gender Equality” held in Kuala Lumpur on 28th August, 2006.
  39. Attended and participated in the Council Meetings, and the 14th Triennial Conference of the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges’ Conference (CMJA) in Toronto, Canada from 9th – 15th September, 2006. Elected President of CMJA by acclamation at its General Assembly for the years 2006 – 2009 but resigned in January 2008.
  40. Attended the International Conference “30 Years of UNICTRAL Arbitration Rules. Impact of the Rules on International Commercial Arbitration, History Practices and Future” in Kuala Lumpur jointly organized by International UNICTRAL and Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, 22nd – 23rd November, 2006.
  41. Attended Conference on “Malaysian Bond Market: Weathering The Storm” in Kuala Lumpur on 14th August 2008, organized by RAM Holdings Berhad.
  42. Attended the 2nd Globalisation Chapters Conference on “Market Liquidity And Its Implications On Our World Economy” in Singapore on 19th August 2008, organised by RAM Holdings Berhad.
  43. Member of the Organising Committee and a Participant at the Regional Eisenhower Fellowships Conference in Kuala Lumpur on 16-18 October 2008.
Others:
  1. Have been honoured with Johan Setia Mahkota (JSM) by His Majesty the King of Malaysia in 1978.
  2. Have been honoured with Dato’ Setia Negeri Sembilan (DSNS) which carries the title “ Dato’ ” by His Royal Highness the Ruler of Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus on 19.7.1987.
  3. Have been honoured Fellowship by Women Development Institute Malaysia in 1988.
  4. Have been honoured Fellowship by Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships Inc. in 1990.
  5. External Examiner to Law Faculty, University of Malaya, 1993 – 2002.
  6. Member of the Legal Profession Qualifying Board, Malaysia, 12th February, 2001 – 5th January, 2006.
  7. Recipient of “Anugerah Nur Gemilang 2001 – Guaman” awarded jointly by the Ministry of Women and Family Development and the Association of Women Graduates Malaysia on 10th November, 2001.
  8. Have been honoured with Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM) which carries the title “Tan Sri” by His Majesty the King of Malaysia on 4th June, 2005.
  9. Member of Panel of Judges of The Tuanku Fauziah Foundation since 2005.
  10. Have been honoured with An Award of Recognition at the Asean Law Association’s 25th Anniversary Special Commemorative Session in Manila, Philippines on 25th November, 2005.
  11. Recipient of the Anugerah Khas Maal Hijrah 1427 from the State of Negeri Sembilan on 31st January 2006.
  12. Conferred with an Honorary Fellowship of the Tuanku Fauziah Foundation by the Board of Trustees of the Foundation on 7th November, 2006.
  13. Appointed Pro-Chancellor University Malaya for a period of 5 years from 16th May 2007 to 15th May 2012.
  14. Honoured with the Darjah Seri Paduka Tuanku Ja’afar Yang Amat Terpuji (SPTJ) which carries the title “Dato’ Seri” by His Royal Highness The Ruler Of Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus on the occasion of His Highness’ 85th birthday on 19th July 2007.
  15. Made a Director of KAF Investment Bank Berhad in July 2007.
  16. Appointed as a member of the International Advisory Panel to the NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW) by the Ministry Of Women, Family And Community Development in August 2007.
  17. Appointed as Chairman RAM Holdings Berhad, on 7th November 2007 and RAM Rating Services Berhad on 21st. November 2007.
  18. Elected as an Honorary Bencher of Gray’s Inn, London, by the Master Benchers of that Inn on 8th November 2007.
  19. Recipient of the Award “Woman Of The Year 2007” by the State Government of Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus on 20th November 2007 in conjunction with Women’s Day.
  20. Appointed a member of the Merdeka Award Selection Committee of the Merdeka Award Trust for a period of 3 years w.e.f. 2nd January 2008.
  21. Appointed a Judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts for a period of 3 years w.e.f. 27th January 2008.
  22. Appointed as Chairman of RAM Ratings (Lanka) Limited on 24th March 2008.
  23. Designated a Member on the Panels of Conciliators and of Arbitrators maintained by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for a period of six years effectively from 22 July, 2008 through 22 July, 2014.
  24. Appointed a Director of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) for a period of 2 years w.e.f. 12th September 2008.
  25. Appointed a Trustee of Tun Suffian Foundation Incorporated in November 2008.