What does it take to run a central bank in an age of AI and constantly shifting global rules? In this episode of Inside Financial Inclusion, Bank Negara Malaysia’s Assistant Governor Suhaimi Ali reflects on how central banks’ mandates have evolved from crisis-era stability to today’s focus on innovation and financial wellbeing. From open finance pilots to AI-powered supervision, AG Suhaimi makes the case that no matter how advanced the technology gets, accountability, ethics, and trust will always remain fundamentally human and central to effective financial systems.

Bio:
Suhaimi Ali brings 28 years of central banking experience at Bank Negara Malaysia, where he currently leads the Financial Development sector. He’s helped shape Malaysia’s financial landscape across regulation, payments, strategic planning, and international negotiations – spearheading the Financial Sector Blueprint 2022–2026, steering policy through the Covid-19 crisis, and founding AKPK in 2006. He currently chairs AFI’s Global Standards and Policy Committee and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame

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