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ATTACHMENT

JURY PROFILE

Tun Musa Hitam

• Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia • Chairman of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF)

Foundation • Chairman of Sime Darby Berhad • Member of International Advisory Council of Brookings

Doha Center

Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad

• Former Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia • Member of the Shariah Advisory Council of Bank Negara

Malaysia and the Securities Commission Malaysia • Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Advisory Council of the

Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) • Has published various papers focusing on Shariah law

Professor Dr. Volker Nienhaus

• Former President, University of Marburg, Germany • Member of the Governing Council of INCEIF • Consultant to the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) • Published numerous books and articles on Islamic

economics, banking and finance

Professor Dr. Abbas Mirakhor

• Former IMF Executive Director • Received the IDB’s 2003 prize in Islamic economics • Has publications in a variety of areas, including Islamic

finance, microeconomics theory and mathematical economics

• Holder of 1st INCEIF Chair in Islamic finance (2010)

Dr. Mohamed Ali Elgari

• Professor of Islamic Economics at King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia

• Former Director of Center for Research in Islamic Economics, King Abdul Aziz University

• Expert in Islamic Jurisprudence – Academies of the Organization of Islamic Countries and the Islamic World League

 

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A. Riawan Amin

• Chairman of the Indonesian Association of Islamic Banks • Director of the General Council for Islamic Banks and

Financial Institutions Indonesia • Former President of Bank Muamalat Indonesia

Dr. Yahia Abdul-Rahman

• Founder, Chairman and CEO of LARIBA Bank of Whittier, USA

• Former Chairperson of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California

• Has spoken, lectured and presented papers at various Islamic finance forums across the world