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Raja Amir Shah Raja Azwa
Chief Executive Officer,
HSBC Amanah Malaysia

Raja Amir was appointed as Chief Executive market landmark sukuk transactions across ever Sustainability Sukuk by a Sovereign
Officer of HSBC Amanah in May 2021 , Asia for both corporates, financial institutions as well as the issuance of Yinson Holdings
and is responsible for executing the HSBC and the public sector. He started his career Berhad’s MYRI .0 billion 5-year Sustainability-
Group’s strategy for Islamic banking in in London in the tech industry, and moved to Linked Sukuk Wakalah, Malaysia’s first ever
Malaysia, driving sustainable leadership and a local Investment Bank in 2006. Thereafter, Sustainability-Linked Sukuk. Raja Amir is
value-based intermediation efforts while he joined HSBC Amanah in 201 0 and also in charge of delivering Project Cocoon,
spearheading the development of talent, have since held various roles within the an initiative to transform HSBC Amanah into
particularly in relation to Islamic finance International Currency Business Unit and HSBC Group’s first sustainable bank by the
and sustainability within the Group. Prior Debt Capital Markets team. Throughout his end of 2022. With his leadership, HSBC
to his appointment, Raja Amir was the time with the Debt Capital Markets team, Amanah has been awarded the coveted
Head of Debt Capital Markets, Malaysia. HSBC has been consistently awarded the The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards
He has made many material contributions Best Bond House (Global) by the Asset Triple ‘Islamic ESG Bank of the Year” for 2 nd
to the development of the international and A Country Awards. In recent times, he led consecutive year and “Best Islamic Trade
Malaysian Sukuk market, having originated, the Government of Malaysia’s US$ 800mn Finance Bank” for the 4th consecutive year.
structured and executed multiple first to Sustainability Sukuk, being the World’s first

Irwan Abdalloh
Head, Shariah Capital Market Division
Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX)

He has been working at the Indonesia Stock committee. He is an originator of Sharia and Upcoming Personality in Global Islamic
Exchange since 2000 and began to focus on Capital Market School, an integrated training Finance (Islamic Capital Market) 2020 from
developing the Islamic capital market since on stock investment in the Islamic capital Global Islamic Finance Award (GIFA). He
2010. Currently, he is head of Islamic capital market; the Indonesia Sharia Stocks Index is active as speaker about the Indonesian
market at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (ISSI), an islamic stock composite index; the islamic capital market and also a post-
and also member of Islamic capital market Sharia Online Trading System (SOTS), the graduate lecturer in Islamic capital market
committee at the National Sharia Board world’s first sharia compliant online trading courses at several universities in Indonesia.
of Indonesia. In addition, he is also as a platform for retail investors, and the tradable He is also actively writing articles about
vice chairman of the Islamic capital market sharia stocks zakat and the tradable sharia the Islamic capital market and a regular
commitee at the Islamic Economy Society, stocks waqf. He was the first Indonesian contributor in the Islamic Finance News as
member of Islamic capital market committee to receive the Cambridge Islamic Finance a country correspondent since 2018.He is
at the Islamic Economics Expert Association, Leadership Award 2017 from Cambridge an author of two books about Islamic Capital
and member of sharia stock selection IFLP headquartered in London, England, market written in Indonesian.

Syed Alwi Mohd Sultan
Chief Executive Officer,
A Tech Insure

Syed Alwi is an experienced C-Suite and Chairman of the Investment Committee among his previous roles. He is a graduate of
executive with more than 24 years of of PTPK. Previously, Syed Alwi served as the International Islamic University Malaysia
professional experience across various the President and Chief Executive Officer where he completed his Bachelor’s Degree
industries including financial services, (P/CEO) of Agrobank, a development in Accountancy and MBA (Islamic Finance).
consulting and IT software industry. He is financial institution focused on the agriculture He completed the Certificate in Fintech
presently the Chief Executive Officer of A industry in Malaysia. He was also the Programme at Said Business School,
Tech Insure Sdn Bhd, a Kuala Lumpur-based Managing Director and Regional Head of University of Oxford, UK. He is currently
fintech and insurtech digital application Islamic Finance at BNP Paribas Malaysia pursuing his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at
firm that offers financial solutions in Islamic Berhad, the Director of Islamic Origination Universiti Malaya in the areas of sustainable
finance, takaful and insurance industry. He at Standard Chartered Saadiq and Head of finance and corporate social performance.
is also a Board member of Perbadanan Corporate Banking-Asia at the Islamic Bank
Tabung Pembangunan Kemahiran (PTPK) of Asia, Singapore (a subsidiary of DBS Bank)

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