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Annual Report 2020

SHARIAH COMMITTEE PROFILE

EXPERTISE & EXPERIENCE:
• Speaker/facilitator for Islamic and conventional
commercial banks’ training programmes,
such as IBFIM’s training programmes and
AICB’s Financial Sector Talent Enhancement
Programme.
• 27 years of active involvement in Islamic
banking and finance, as practitioner as well
as academician.
ZAINAL ABIDIN MOHD TAHIR PRESENT APPOINTMENT(S) • Attended numerous overseas training, one
• Accredited trainer with Islamic Banking
COMMITTEE MEMBER & Finance Institute of Malaysia (IBFIM) of which was at Moody’s Risk Management
Services, California.
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL PAST APPOINTMENT(S) • Trainer in the areas of Islamic banking, financial
QUALIFICATION(S) • Teaching Fellow cum Deputy Dean of management, credit and entrepreneurship.
• MBA in Islamic Banking & Finance School of Professional Studies, INCEIF • Consultant for the government in the areas
from International Islamic University • Vice President/Head of Entrepreneur of Islamic banking operation and education.
Malaysia (IIUM) Department with Bank Muamalat
• Bachelor of Economics (Hons.) in Malaysia Berhad • Training activities for bank personnel, as well
Analytical Economics from University • Vice President/Head of Credit Risk as customers.
of Malaya (UM) Department with Bank Muamalat • Written book chapters, co-written in journal
• Diploma (post-graduate) in Islamic Malaysia Berhad and writing Islamic banking modules for a
Finance from Kolej Dar al-Hikmah, • Shariah Comittee Member of Bank professional certification body.
Malaysia Muamalat • Lecturer on a part-time basis at a private
• Associate Member of the Asian • Worked for Bank Bumiputera Malaysia university.
Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB) Berhad (BBMB)

EXPERTISE & EXPERIENCE:
• Specialises in Takaful, Retakaful, and Islamic
Banking, Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Law
of Contracts, Islamic Capital Market, Waqf
and Islamic Pawn Broking.
• Published numerous Islamic books and
articles and actively presented many papers
at various local conferences and seminars.
DR. SAFINAR SALLEH • Shariah Committee Member of Swiss • Active in internal IIUM committees,
having held positions such as Director of
Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Swiss Re
COMMITTEE MEMBER Takaful) International Islamic Banking and Finance,
• Shariah Committee Member of Hong Arbitration Competition, Committee Member
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL Leong Islamic Bank Berhad of IIUM Legal Clinic and Head of Unit and
QUALIFICATION(S) • Shariah Committee Member of MUA Legal Consultant for Islamic Banking, Takaful
• PhD in Islamic Studies, Glasgow Life Ltd. (Mauritius) and Shariah Matters, IIUM Legal Clinic.
Caledonian University, United Kingdom • Member of Board of Trustee, Islamic • Served as Chairman of Pertubuhan Nur
• Master in Shariah, University of Malaya Da’wah Foundation Malaysia (YADIM) Fitrah, Treasury of International Muslim
• Bachelor of Shariah, Al-Azhar University, • Chairman, Muslim Women’s Council Women Union (IMWU) Malaysia.
Cairo of the Islamic Da’wah Foundation • Participated as an invited Member in the
Malaysia (MAYA)
PRESENT APPOINTMENT(S) Meeting of Technical Committee for Islamic
Pawn Broking Act, Ministry of Urban
• Lecturer at the Department of Islamic PAST APPOINTMENT(S)
Law, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of • Shariah Comittee Member of Bank Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government
Law, International Islamic University Simpanan Nasional Malaysia and in the Workshop for Drafting of the
Malaysia (IIUM) • Shariah Committee Member of Bank of Islamic Pawn Broking Act.
Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Malaysia) Berhad