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Professor Dato’ Dr Mohd Azmi Omar is President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) – The Global University of Islamic Finance. Prior to his current position, he served as the Director-General at Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), Islamic Development Bank Group, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. At IRTI, Professor Azmi pioneered and introduced an innovative policy research which culminated in flagship reports such as IRTI Islamic Social Finance Report and IDB-World Bank Global Report on Islamic Finance. Professor Azmi has also provided advice and technical assistance in Islamic Finance to several IDB member countries.

He is a member of Board of Trustees of RFI Foundation and formerly a member of the External Advisory Group for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Interdepartmental Working Committee on Islamic Finance. Professor Azmi was awarded “The Most Outstanding Individual Contribution to Islamic Finance” in the KLIFF Islamic Finance Awards 2015 and “Lifetime Achievement Award in Islamic Economics and Finance” at the 3^rd World Islamic Economics and Finance Conference Pakistan in 2020.

Professor Azmi has previously worked at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), as Deputy Rector (Academic & Research), Dean, Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (IIiBF) and Dean, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences.

He is a member of Shariah Committee at Securities Commission Malaysia, Bank Rakyat Malaysia, Etiqa Takaful Malaysia and MUFG Bank Malaysia and was formerly an Islamic Finance Expert Advisor to the Brunei Darussalam Central Bank. Recently, he led a team that developed the Indonesia Shari’ah (Islamic) Economy Masterplan 2019-2024 for the government of Indonesia. Recent consulting projects led by Professor Azmi include the development of the Indonesia Shari’ah (Islamic) Economy Masterplan 2019-2024 for the government of Indonesia and the Kazakhstan Islamic Finance Masterplan 2020-2025 for the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) and Republic of Kazakhstan.

Professor Azmi holds a BSc (Finance) and MBA from Northern Illinois University, the United States of America and a PhD in Finance from Bangor University, Wales, United Kingdom. He is also a holder of Chartered Professional in Islamic Finance.

As the Chief Executive Officer of The Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB), Ms LEUNG is responsible for driving the ongoing development of competency and professional standards among local banking practitioners.

Prior to joining HKIB, Ms LEUNG was Head of Service Quality and Training at one of the note issuing banks where she acquired extensive experience in building and managing “total quality excellence”. Under her leadership, the bank obtained several highly-regarded industry awards for the quality in their training and customer service.

Ms LEUNG also actively participates in the development of Hong Kong Banking Qualifications Framework (QF) which sets the professional standards for industry competency amongst the local banking practitioners.

In addition, Ms LEUNG is extensively involved in the education and human capital development of the banking and financial industry in Hong Kong and is the member of numerous committees organised by different government departments and public organisations, and The Council of Lingnan University. Of the particular notes, she was appointed as the Council Member of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) and the Lingnan University Hong Kong (LU).

Ms LEUNG was one of the recipients of the Most Extraordinary Women in Finance Award 2009 from Benchmark Magazine. She has been awarded with the Medal of Honour (MH) by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2018.

Mr Choo Yee Kwan is a Chartered Banker, and is an Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad and the Chairman of its Risk Committee. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and Nominations and Remuneration Committee of the Bank.

Mr Choo is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Danajamin Nasional Berhad since 2018. He is the Chairman of the Board Risk Committee and a member of the Board Underwriting Committee and the Board Remuneration and Nomination Committee of the Bank.

Mr Choo served the banking and risk management industry for 38 years prior to his retirement in 2014. His last position was as Country Chief Risk Officer for OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (OCBC). Before that, he was the Chief Risk Officer for Maybank Group and Group Chief Risk Officer for Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad. During his 14-year career at Maybank Group, he had served as Division Head for Credit Control, International Banking, Corporate Remedial Management, and Group Risk Management. He also served on the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee set up under Bank Negara Malaysia.

Prior to Maybank, Mr Choo served the National Westminster Bank plc of the United Kingdom in the areas of Global Specialised Industries, and Group Credit Control. Mr Choo also served on the Education Committee of Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers and the University Malaya Medical Centre Ethics Committee. He is currently a Teaching Facilitator in the Asian Banking School.

Mr Choo holds honours degrees in economics and law from University of Malaya and University of London respectively, and is a Barrister-at-Law (of Lincoln’s Inn) following his call to the Bar of England and Wales in 1984.