Salma Sharif supports the Chief Executive Officer and the Board in strengthening governance frameworks, ensuring regulatory compliance and coordinating executive operations. With over ten years of experience in audit, risk management and compliance, she combines technical expertise with practical leadership to enhance accountability, internal controls and operational discipline across APeF.

She plays a key role in aligning governance with business execution, ensuring decisions are properly documented, risks are effectively managed, and compliance obligations with the Capital Markets and Securities Authority, the Bank of Tanzania and the Tanzania Revenue Authority are fully met. Her structured and pragmatic approach promotes transparency, operational readiness and strategic alignment throughout the organisation.