Dato’ Mat Noor Nawi aged 56, was appointed Director of PAAB on 14 December 2011.  Currently, he sits on the Boards of Pelaburan Hartanah Berhad and Telekom Malaysia Berhad.

Dato’ Mat Noor Nawi has been serving the Government for 30 years.  He started his career in the Malaysian civil service in May 1981 as an Agriculture Economist at the Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (FAMA) before joining Economic Planning Unit (EPU) in 1983.

He is currently the Deputy Secretary General (Systems & Control) at the Ministry of Finance, following his recent transfer from EPU, the Prime Minister’s Department in October 2011.  He has since continued to serve EPU in various capacities.  His last position in EPU was Deputy Director General before joining MOF. 

He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Resource Economics from University Putra Malaysia and a Master of Science in Policy Economics from University of Illinois, Urbana-Campaign, United States of America.