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KLIFF 2022 PROGRAMME BOOK

Prof. Dr. Engku Rabiah Adawiah Engku Ali
IIiBF IIUM & Member of SAC
Bank Negara & Securities Commission Malaysia

Dr. Engku Rabiah Adawiah is a Professor at sits in the boards of AWQAF Holdings and Influential Women in Islamic Finance 2018
IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance Khadijah International Waqf Foundation. and 2019 during the WOMANi Gala Dinner
(IIiBF), International Islamic University In the past few years, she had served as a held in Kuala Lumpur and Dubai respectively.
Malaysia (IIUM). Apart from teaching, she is member of the disciplinary committee for the Recently, she is ranked 2nd Most Influential
also active in advisory works, which gave her Malaysian Bar Council. In recognizance of Women in Islamic Finance 2020. She
extensive exposure to the practice of Islamic her contributions to Islamic Finance, she has obtained her LLB (first class honors), LLB
finance. She sits in various Syariah advisory been awarded with the Most Outstanding (Shari’ah) (first class honors) and Masters of
bodies, such as, at the Central Bank of Individual Contribution to Islamic Finance in Comparative Laws (MCL) from the IIUM. In
Malaysia, Securities Commission Malaysia, 2004 and again in 2014. Being the pioneer 1998, she was conferred with PhD in law from
Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority lady Shariah scholar, she has been listed the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
(LOFSA) and Employees Provident Fund, numerous times in the list of influential She is married and blessed with four sons,
to name a few. Of late she has developed women, including: Top 10 Women in Islamic three daughters and four grandchildren.
a keen interest in waqf activism where she Finance (2014 and 2017) and 3rd Most

Dr. Mohamad Damak
Global Head of Islamic Finance,
Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings, Dubai UAE

Mohamed Damak is a Senior Director within S&P Global Ratings, Mohamed worked as in Finance and Master in “Money, Banking
the Financial Services at S&P Global Ratings. a Principal Credit Risk Officer for the African and Finance” from University of Paris 2,
He covers financial institutions in the Middle Development Bank in Tunis. From 2006 to Pantheon Assas and a Master degree in
East and Africa region. Mohamed is also the 2010, Mohamed worked for S&P Global Financial Institutions Management from
Global Head of Islamic Finance within S&P Ratings covering conventional and Islamic Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis.
Global Ratings, leading a global team of financial institutions in the Middle East and
Islamic Finance analysts. Before re-joining North Africa region. Mohamed holds a PhD

Datuk Prof. Dr. Mohd Akram Laldin
Executive Director
ISRA Research Management Centre - ISRA RMC

Datuk Prof. Dr. Mohamad Akram is Development Foundation (YaPEIM), University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United
currently the Executive Director of ISRA Member of Shariah Board DDCAP, London, Kingdom. He has presented many papers
Management Centre, and Professor at Member of Internal Shariah Supervisory related to Islamic Banking and Finance and
INCEIF University. Prior to joining ISRA he Committee, Dubai Islamic Bank, Member other Fiqh topics at national and International
was an Assistant Professor at the Kulliyah of Shariah Advisory Council International level and has conducted many training
of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Islamic Financial Market (IIFM),Bahrain, sessions particularly on Islamic Banking and
Sciences, International Islamic University, Member of AAOIFI Public Interest Monitoring Finance for different sectors since 1999. He
Malaysia (IIUM). In the period 2002-2004, Consultative Committee (PIMCC), Member is a registered Shariah Advisor for Islamic
he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the of First Abu Dhabi Bank Internal Shariah Securities with the Securities Commission of
University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Supervision Committee, Member Financial Malaysia and has acted as Shariah advisor in
At present, he is the Member of Bank Regulation Advisory Council of Experts the issuance of several sukuks. In addition,
Negara Malaysia Shari’ah Advisory Council, (FRACE), Central Bank of Nigeria, Member he is also prolific author of academic works
Chairman of Shari’ah Board of Employees of Shariah Supervisory Board, Bank Musqat specifically in the areas of Islamic Banking
Provident Fund Malaysia (EPF), Member Meethaq Islamic Bank, Member of The and Finance. He is the recipient of Zaki
of Shariah Supervisory Council of Labuan Panel of Recognized International Market Badawi Award for Excellence in Shariah
Financial Services Authority (FSA), Chairman Experts in Finance (“P.R.I.M.E. Finance”), Advisory and Research. Recipient of the
of Shariah Advisory Committee For Shariah Member of Institute of Corporate Directors Most Outstanding Individual Contribution to
Compliant Fund (SACF) of Amanah Saham Malaysia (ICDM) and other Boards locally Islamic Finance during KLIFF 2016 organised
Nasional Berhad (ASNB), Member of The and internationally. Prof. Akram holds a B.A. by CERT. Winner of the 2017/1439H
Shariah Advisory Committee of Permodalan Honours degree in Islamic Jurisprudence Malaysian Islamic Personality Award
Nasional Berhad (PNB), Chairman of ASNB and Legislation from the University of Jordan, conferred by The Government of Malaysia on
Wakalah Sdn Bhd, Member of Board of Amman, Jordan and a Ph.D. in Principles of the occasion of the birthday of the Prophet
Trustees of Malaysian Islamic Economic Islamic Jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh) from the Muhammad (peace be upon him).

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