Nur Natasha Ariza

Natasha is currently working as an Analyst, CEO’s Office, in Maybank Investment Bank Berhad, one of the 3 largest banks in Southeast Asia. She used to offer advisory, and ran campaign & marketing planning, as Head of Marketing & PR of the restaurant chain, Pinggan Puteh. Recently, Natasha has enrolled for a Masters in Economics in University of Malaya as part of the cohort of 2021/2022. She is working and studying both full time. Natasha graduated with Honours from Cass Business School, City University of London with a BSc in Finance, where she focused on stock markets, technical analysis, and exchange rate dynamics between currencies. Natasha also trades on the sideline to improve her knowledge of the market and the global economy. Natasha is an avid writer and researcher — having served as a Research Assistant for a socio-economic research under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). She also writes for magazines, articles, her own blog, and musicals & plays. Natasha, despite her contrasting academic accolades, had spent most of her life being heavily and consistently involved in theatre as a Director, Scriptwriter, Actor, and Music Director. She has held various different leadership roles in different industries; served as the Head of Sponsorship for the biggest education-centred NGO in Malaysia — The Kalsom Movement, directed various plays and events across many years, led as Head of Finance for her university’s Malaysian Society, as well as the PR & Marketing role she headed in Pinggan Puteh. Natasha is a people-oriented, goal-driven Finance major and trader with a huge passion for theatre and written works.