Member, Shariah Advisory Committee

En. Mohd Nasiruddin Bin Mohd Kamaruddin, a seasoned banker, began his banking career with Chung Khiaw Bank Limited in 1987. He then served Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad from 1989 until 2017. During his 28 years’ career with the Bank, he held various management positions, the last being the Head of Shariah and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank’s Islamic Banking Subsidiary. He was responsible for the setting up of the subsidiary in 2008 and was responsible for building the infrastructure to prepare the Bank to fully comply with BNM’s Shariah Governance Framework and the requirements laid down in IFSA 2013. He is an expert in Islamic banking products and operational requirements. He holds a B.Sc. Finance and MBA (Finance), both from California State University Fresno, USA. In addition, he also obtained a Certificate in Islamic Law from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), in 2009. Currently, En. Mohd Nasiruddin is pursuing his doctoral degree in Islamic banking at the same university.

Chairman, Shariah Advisory Committee

En. Mohd Bahroddin Bin Badri is Researcher at the International Shariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) and Shariah Consultant at ISRA Consultancy Sdn Bhd (ICSB), a consultancy arm of ISRA. Prior to joining ISRA in 2012, he has served as a lecturer at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) since 2003. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage (Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh) from the IIUM and a Master’s Degree of Shariah-Economics from the University of Malaya.

His significant contributions to Islamic finance industry includes, an involvement in developing few Policy Guidelines (Shariah Standards) issued by Bank Negara Malaysia and Shariah-based Scheme issued by the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM). He is one of the Authors of the world’s first most comprehensive Islamic finance textbook, “Islamic Financial System: Principles & Operations” (2nd ED) and a co-Author of “Sukuk: Principles and Practices”.

He has produced several research papers and articles on Shariah and Islamic finance and actively presented and participated in local and international workshops, seminars and conferences, including in Brunei, Singapore, Jakarta, Oman, Istanbul and Toronto, Canada. His co-authored research on “Shariah Issues of Preference Shares: An Analysis Based on Musharakah Contract” has won Best Paper Award at the 1st International Halal Management Conference 2017 held in Sejong University, Seoul Korea.

He is also engaged closely with various stakeholders by conducting international and local trainings, advisory and consultancy services. Currently, he is pursuing his Doctoral study in business at the International University Malaya- Wales (IUMW).

Member, Shariah Advisory Committee

Dr. Luqman Bin Hj. Abdullah, is currently a senior lecturer of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh / Islamic Jurisprudence Department, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya. He has been appointed as Federal Territories Mufti from 15^th May 2020 to 14^th May 2022. He obtained his Doctoral Degree (Ph.D) in Islamic Law of Property, University of Edinburg, Scotland (2005) and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Shariah, University of Malaya (1993). His areas of specialization are Islamic Law of Muamalat, Islamic Jurisprudence / Legal Theoris and Shariah / Fiqh Textual Studies. Apart from being a Member of the Shariah Advisory Committee of MBSB Bank Berhad, he serves as a Member of the Shariah and Fatwa Committee at financial institutions, including Zurich Takaful Malaysia Berhad, Amanah Raya Berhad, Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia) and Kelantan Islamic Religious Council. He has been involved in various professional membership and trainings on Islamic finance apart from actively involved in writing books and articles, as well as presenting papers in various conferences at both international and national levels.

Member, Shariah Advisory Committee

Dr. Ahmad Faizol Bin Ismail is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Shariah Department, Faculty of Islamic Contemporary Studies at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA). Before that, he was the Post-Graduate Coordinator at Faculty of Islamic Contemporary Studies, UniSZA. Dr. Ahmad Faizol obtained his Ph.D. in Law from School of Law, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, and Masters of Shariah from the University of Malaya (UM). He also holds a degree in Shariah from Al-Azhar University and Diploma in Islamic Studies (Shariah) from Kolej Ugama Sultan Zainal Abidin (KUSZA).

He specializes in the Islamic financial system, Shariah governance, and corporate governance. He teaches various subjects such as fiqh al-mua`malat, usul al-fiqh, al-qawaid al-fiqhiyyah and al-siyasah al-shar`iyyah which are also his research interests.

He has conducted several types of research in social sciences and humanities, accumulating more than RM1 million research grants in value. He managed multiple international conferences and seminars, as well as other institutional academic activities in his previous institutions.

After finishing his Ph.D. in 2019, he has been active as an editor for several academic journals, especially in Islamic finance.