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Muhammad Saifullah Dandan

Model Validation & Climate Risk professional

Bank Rakyat Malaysia

Muhammad Saifullah Dandan’s banking work concerns how models and climate-related assumptions are assessed before they inform risk decisions. At Bank Rakyat, his professional remit connects analytical validation with model governance.

Source published14 Jul 2026
Muhammad Saifullah Dandan
Source image: Kepimpinan Malaysia
01 / BACKGROUND

Career & background

He began in the credit-risk function at Malaysia Airlines before entering AFFIN’s management-trainee programme. His AFFIN experience included transformation work involving SME financing. The cited account subsequently records more than eight years at Bank Rakyat.

Source-reported experience8+ years at Bank Rakyat
02 / CONTRIBUTIONS

Areas of contribution

His responsibilities include the independent evaluation of IFRS 9 expected-credit-loss models and credit scorecards, together with the controls surrounding their use. The source also describes work on climate-risk frameworks responding to Bank Negara Malaysia’s CRMSA and CRST requirements.

03 / PERSPECTIVE

Leadership focus

His professional interests sit at the point where quantitative methods meet judgement and oversight. Reviewing model assumptions, strengthening controls and developing climate-risk methodology are the principal themes of the available record.

04 / SOURCES & CONTEXT

The basis of this profile.

This profile brings together factual career information from publicly available sources. References and publication dates are provided below.

Kepimpinan Malaysia14 Jul 2026 · Read the original publication
Source notes

The source identifies his professional work area but does not give an exact formal job title or details of academic qualifications.

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