Sharon Liew is an experienced Sustainable Finance Trainer with over 17 years of expertise spanning central banking, auditing, consulting, education, and training.
She began her career at BDO, leading audits across various industries and government-linked entities. She later joined Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), where she supervised financial institutions and led thematic reviews on risk management control functions. In 2012, she represented BNM at the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Banking Supervisory Training. Driven by a passion for teaching, Sharon transitioned to academia, where she taught banking and finance at Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TARUC). She also taught foreign languages to corporate learners from diverse backgrounds, further enhancing her ability to connect with individuals from various cultures.
At ABS, Sharon designs, develops, and delivers sustainable finance programmes, including the Sustainable Finance Structured Learning Pathway, which covers foundational to advanced levels and is aligned with the Green Finance Advisor (GFA) certification. Her recent projects include collaborations with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) on renewable energy policy focus groups and green finance training tailored to ASEAN-specific challenges.
Sharon has built strong academic partnerships with leading learning institutions in China, including Tsinghua University and the International Institute of Green Finance at Central University of Finance and Economics (IIGF-CUFE), focusing on, fintech, sustainable finance and AI integration in financial education. Her regional expertise is further demonstrated through her role as a judge at the I-CEE Student Case Competition at the International Business School-Beijing Foreign Studies University (IBS-BFSU) and her presentations at ASEAN+3 and RCEP conferences.
Sharon is a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, a Certified HRDF Accredited Trainer, a Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, and a holder of the Professional Certificate in Islamic Finance from INCEIF. She is also TESOL certified by the London Teacher Training College and certified in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CTCSOL) by Hanban.