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KLIFF 2022 PROGRAMME BOOK

Sheikh Dr. Bashir Aliyu Umar
Shariah Scholar
Nigeria

Dr. Bashir Aliyu Umar currently is the in Interest Free Banking, a member of the of Nigeria, the Securities and Exchange
secretary and member of the Financial Technical Committee, Islamic Financial Commission, the Infrastructure Regulatory
Regulation Advisory Council of the Members Services Board (IFSB) Malaysia, Chairman of Commission, and the Debt Management
of the Central Bank of Nigeria (FRACE-CBN) the Working Group for the development of Office. Dr. Bashir holds a B.A in Hadith and
and a member of the Shariah committee the IFSB Standards for Risk Management for Islamic Studies, an M.A in Hadith Science
at the International Islamic Liquidity Takaful Takeovers and Guiding Principles for and a Ph.D. in Hadith Science from the
Management Corporation (IILM). Dr. Bashir Takaful Takeovers. He is also the Chairman Islamic University of Madinah.
is a former Special Adviser to the Governor of the Technical Committee on Alternative
of the Central Bank of Nigeria specializing Finance, a joint initiative of the Central Bank

Syed Abdull Aziz Syed Kechik
Chief Executive Officer,
OCBC Al-Amin Bank

Syed Abdull Aziz Syed Kechik has been was involved in various business and risk Islamic bank. He is currently a member of
Director & CEO of OCBC Al-Amin Bank management functions in the corporate the Association of Certified Islamic Finance
Berhad since its inception in 2008. He began banking group. After leaving Citibank in Professional (ACIFP). Under his stewardship,
his career in the banking industry in 1990 2002 and prior to joining OCBC Al Amin, OCBC Al-Amin was, among others, named
as a Risk Management Officer at Citibank Syed Abdull Aziz worked at two other banks, Islamic Bank of The Year in 2014 by UK-
Malaysia. During his 12 years there, he including at a senior management level at an based, The Banker.

Rafe Haneef
Chief Executive Officer, Group Transaction Banking /
Chief Executive Officer, CIMB Foundation

Rafe Haneef is the Chief Executive Officer management company and a legal firm, in and Investment) Foundation and a founding
of Group Transaction Banking and the Chief financial centres including London, Dubai member of the United Nations Environment
Executive Officer of CIMB Foundation. He and Kuala Lumpur. He was previously the Programme Finance Initiative. Before joining
oversees the transaction banking business, Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Islamic CIMB, Mr Haneef held several roles including
including trade finance, cash management, Bank, where he was instrumental in the Chief Executive Officer for Malaysia at HSBC
securities services and financial institutions. organisation’s inclusion in the Value-based Amanah, Regional Head for Islamic banking
At CIMB Foundation, he spearheads CSR Intermediation Community of Practitioners, (Asia-Pacific) at Citigroup, and Global Head
activities across four strategic pillars: and worked to promote sustainability among of the Islamic finance business at ABN
education, economic empowerment, Islamic finance institutions in Malaysia. AMRO in Dubai. He holds law degrees from
environment, health and community well- He was also instrumental in driving the the International Islamic University Malaysia
being. Mr Haneef has more than two decades sustainability agenda at CIMB and was the and Harvard Law School, and has qualified
of experience across a range of businesses first Group Chief Sustainability Officer. He was for the bar in Malaysia and New York State.
and functional roles, having worked for also instrumental in CIMB Group’s becoming
three global banks, an international asset a member of the RFI (Responsible Finance

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