Description
The Bar Council Islamic Finance Committee (“IFC”) is pleased to collaborate with the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (“INCEIF”) to provide Members and pupils with the opportunity to obtain an Executive Certificate in Islamic Finance. The programme aims to provide:
- a better understanding on the application of Syariah principles to Islamic banking and finance; and
- an opportunity for participants to relate and apply Syariah principles in their Islamic Finance legal practice.
Speaker
Prof Dr Younes Soualhi
Senior Researcher and Head of Islamic Banking Unit, International Shariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (“ISRA”), Malaysia; Lecturer, INCEIF
Prof Younes joined HSBC Amanah Malaysia’s Shariah Committee in 2009 and served as the Chairman of the Committee from 2009 until 6 Feb 2017. He is actively involved as a lecturer, researcher, trainer and consultant in Islamic Banking and Finance.
Prof Younes is the former Deputy Dean of the International Islamic University Malaysia (“IIUM”)’s Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (“IIiBF”) and was a former lecturer in the Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh, IIUM. He is currently a Senior Researcher and also the Head of Islamic Banking Unit at ISRA. He also serves as a member of the Shariah Committee of HSBC Amanah Malaysia, Chairman of the Shari’ah Board of Munich Re Takaful Malaysia, member of the Shariah Board of Bursa Malaysia, and a Shariah advisor at Addengreens Financial Services, Dubai.
Prof Younes obtained his BA in Shari’ah degree from Emir Abdulqadir University for Islamic Sciences in Algeria, and MA and PhD from IIUM and UM, respectively. He also holds a Diploma in Human Sciences and is a registered financial planner (“RFP”) awarded by the Malaysian Financial Planning Council (“MFPC”). He has published many articles and books in pure Shariah-related issues and in Islamic Banking and Finance. He has also conducted research in collaboration with Amanie Business Solutions in Kuala Lumpur and ISRA.
Ahmad Lutfi Abdull Mutalip
Partner, Messrs Azmi & Associates
Ahmad Lutfi graduated from IIUM with an LLB (Hons) degree in 1995. He spent the term of his pupillage with Messrs Allen & Gledhill, and was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1996. Ahmad Lutfi obtained his professional qualification from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (“ICSA”), and graduated from ICSA in February 1996. He joined Messrs Hisham, Sobri & Kadir in April 1996, and advised various clients in numerous exercises ranging from private debt securities, syndicated financing, structured and project financing, privatisation and build-operate-transfer/build-operate-own projects including water privatisation, mergers and acquisitions, energy and power-related transactions, oil and gas, joint ventures, to telecommunication projects and building contracts. He became a partner of Messrs Hisham Sobri & Kadir in January 2000.
He is a founding partner of Messrs Azmi & Associates, and is responsible for the development of the Financial Services Practice Group, and the Mergers, Acquisitions and New Ventures Practice Group.
Terms and Conditions
Please contact the organiser for further Terms and Conditions.
Muhammad Bazli Naim
(03-2050 2094; bazli@malaysianbar.org.my) or
Norashikin bt Kamarudin
(03-2050 2107; norashikin@malaysianbar.org.my)
Fax: 03-2032 2043
