Datuk Noripah Kamso is the Chief Executive of CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management Sdn Bhd. She was previously Chief Executive of CIMB-Principal Asset Management Berhad from September 2004 to October 2008, after bringing more than 23 years experience in corporate credit and lending: 10 years via a Commercial Bank outfit, and 12 years via Investment Banking outfit. She has managed a Derivatives Broking Outfit via CIMB Futures Sdn Bhd for 9 years.

Deemed a two-time winner of the “Marketing Personality of the Year” award (for 2006 & 2005) by Asia Asset Management for the Asia Pacific region and CEO of The Year for Malaysia (2007), Datuk Noripah has successfully overseen CIMB-Principal’s further expansion into new markets and institutional mandates.

She currently serves as Council Member of the Federation of Malaysian Unit Trust Managers (FMUTM) and as Deputy Chairman of FMUTM's Education Committee. Besides being a Past President of the Malaysian Futures Brokers Association (MFBA), Datuk Noripah also authored the book “Credit Decision Making: The Qualitative Credit Approach”, which was used by Institut Bank Bank Malaysia (IBBM) as a module for its Certified Credit Professional (CCP) exam.

She graduated from Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, USA and obtained her MBA from Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA.