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Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mohd Azmi Omar
President
INCEIF University

Prof. Dato’ Dr. Azmi Omar serves as the many innovative policy researches which (RFI) Foundation. He is also a member of the
President & Chief Executive Officer of INCEIF culminated into flagship reports such as IRTI Securities Commission of Malaysia’s Shariah
- The Global University of Islamic Finance Islamic Social Finance Report and IDB-World Advisory Council (SAC SC) and as the Islamic
since October 2017. Prior to this he was the Bank Global Report on Islamic Finance. finance Expert to the Autoriti Monetari Brunei
Director General of Islamic Research and Azmi has also advised and provide technical Darussalam. In addition, he also serves as
Training Institute (IRTI), Islamic Development assistance to a number of IDB member a member of Shariah Committee to Bank
Bank (IDB) Group, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi countries in their implementation of Islamic Rakyat Malaysia, Etiqa Takaful Malaysia and
Arabia where he held the position for six finance. He was a member of the External MUFG Bank (Malaysia) Berhad. Azmi was
years and a senior professor and university Advisory Group for the International Monetary awarded “The Most Outstanding Individual
administrator at the International Islamic Fund (IMF) Interdepartmental Working Contribution to Islamic Finance” in the KLIFF
University Malaysia for almost 30 years. Committee on Islamic Finance and Board Islamic Finance Awards 2015.
At IRTI, Azmi pioneered and introduced of Trustees of Responsible Finance Institute

Sharifatul Hanizah Said Ali
Executive Director, Islamic Capital Market Development
Securities Commission Malaysia

Sharifatul Hanizah is the Executive Director facilitate globalisation of Malaysia as an ICM companies. She served on the boards of
of Islamic Capital Market Development hub. Sharifatul Hanizah has an extensive exchange-listed and private companies as a
(ICMD) of the Securities Commission and diverse experience of over 30 years in Nominee Director for both organisations. Prior
Malaysia (SC). At ICMD, she manages a the fields of investment analysis, portfolio to joining the SC in August 2019, Sharifatul
team that facilitates developmental initiatives management, equity trading and unit trust Hanizah was the Chief Executive Officer of
for internationalisation of Malaysia’s Islamic while serving in various organisations such SIDC, the learning and development arm
Capital Market, reviews industry proposals as Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), of the SC. She is a Fellow of the Financial
and conducts compliance screening on RHB Investment Management Sdn Bhd Services Institute of Australasia (F Fin), a
public listed companies from the Shariah and Muamalat Invest. During her tenure in Certified Financial Planner (CFP), an Islamic
perspective. This encompasses initiatives PNB and RHB, Sharifatul Hanizah’s board Financial Planner (IFP) and a Fellow of the
through the deepening and broadening experience was vast, spanning consumer Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia
of ICM products and services, to further goods, technology and manufacturing (ICDM).

Sheikh Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elgari
Shariah Scholar
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Elgari was a Former Professor of Islamic (of the IWL), Journal of Islamic Economic Dr. Elgari is the recipient of:
Economic at King Abdulaziz University, Studies (IDB), Journal of Islamic Economic - The Islamic Development Bank prize in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Former Director (IAIE, London), and the advisory board of Islamic Banking and Finance.
of the Center for Research in Islamic Harvard Series in Islamic Law, Harvard Law - KLIFF Islamic Finance Award for Most
Economics, in the same university. He is an School. Dr. Elgari is chairman and member of Outstanding Contribution to Islamic
Expert at the Islamic Jurisprudence Academy numerous Shariah Boards of Islamic Banks, Finance (Individual).
of the OIC and the Islamic Jurisprudence Takaful Companies and Central Banks - Euromoney’s Award for Outstanding
Academy of the Islamic World League and worldwide. He authored several books on Contribution to Islamic Finance.
a member of the Board of Trustees of AAOFI the economic and jurisprudence of Islamic
and was member of the shari’ah board of finance and published tens of articles on the Dr. Elgari holds a PhD from the University of
AAOIFI. He is member of editorial board of subject both in Arabic and English. Dr. Elgari California and was born in Makkah, Saudi
several academic publications in the field of is also a frequent speaker in conferences Arabia in the year 1949.
Islamic Finance and Jurisprudence among worldwide.
them, Journal of the Jurisprudence Academy

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