Badrunnisa has had over 25 years of working experience. Her career has predominantly been with Shell Malaysia with the first half focusing on IT software application and the second half in Human Resources. Badrunnisa was responsible for different aspects of HR management in Shell, with her last position as one of the global job evaluation advisors responsible specifically for Global Retail, Global IT and EP Asia Pacific as well as overseeing the East region.
Before Axiata, which she joined at the point of its demerger from Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), she was with TM for a period of about 10 months. At TM, she was General Manager, Leadership & Talent Management, Group HR and was responsible for group-wide succession planning, talent management and development, its policies and procedures and identify method to attract, develop and retain top talent in the organisation.
Badrunnisa holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) 1981, in Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Aston in Birmingham, United Kingdom.