Dr Ismet Yusoff is a seasoned corporate governance advocate with vast experience as a policymaker and strategist on governance and sustainability practices. He plays an active role in raising the corporate governance and sustainability standards of corporates in Malaysia by working closely with local and international stakeholders, including regulators, standard setters, professional bodies, and corporates.

Dr Ismet is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Minority Shareholders Watch Group (MSWG). Before MSWG, Dr Ismet was the Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance (MICG) and served the Securities Commission (SC) Malaysia. He was instrumental in formulating Malaysia’s corporate governance and sustainability regulatory framework, best practices, and strategic priorities. These include the development of the Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance, Malaysia’s Corporate Governance Strategic Priorities, Governance Code for Malaysia MSMEs, Guidelines on the Conduct of Directors of Listed Corporations and Their Subsidiaries, Guidelines on Corporate Governance for Capital Market Intermediaries and Bursa Malaysia Listing Requirements, including Bursa Malaysia Sustainability Reporting Framework. He was also involved in developing analytics and machine learning systems for regulatory monitoring of governance disclosures, establishing the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia and other industry-led initiatives on corporate governance and sustainability.

Dr Ismet is a member of the Corporate Governance Council chaired by SC Malaysia and a Corporate Governance Expert for the ASEAN Corporate Governance initiatives under the ASEAN Capital Market Forum (ACMF).

Dr Ismet graduated from the International Islamic University Malaysia. His doctoral thesis was on the effect of corporate governance and capital structures on the performances of Malaysian publicly listed companies.