Prof. Dr. Akram Laldin Executive Director, International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance

Contact Details

Tel: +603-7651 4201

Fax No: +603- 7651 4242

H/Phone: +6012 6473474

Educational Background:

Primary:

Sekolah Rendah Ledang, Tangkak, Johore, Malaysia.

Secondary:

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Sultan Muhammad, Batu Berendam Malacca, Malaysia.

University:

University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. (Nov 1985- May1989)

Qualification: B.A. Hons in Islamic Jurisprudence and Legislation

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (Sep. 1991-March 1995)

Qualification: PhD in Islamic Law. (Thesis title: The Theory and Application of Urf in Islamic Law)

Awards

Receipient of Zaki Badawi Award 2010 for Excellence in Shariah Advisory and Research

Receipient for Most Outstanding Individual Contribution to Islamic Finance during KLIFF 2016 organised by CERT.

Language Proficiency:

Arabic (Excellence)

English (Excellence)

Malay (Excellence)

Subjects/Courses Taught:

Contemporary Issues in Islamic Banking and Finance (Ph.D Level)

Fiqh and Usul Terminologies in English (Masters Level)

Islamic Commercial Law (Muamalah) (Arabic/English)

Islamic Legal Maxims and Concept (Arabic)

Usul a-Fiqh (Arabic/English)

Fiqh al-Ibadah (Arabic/English)

Introduction to Islamic Law (Arabic/English)

Science of Hadith (Arabic)

Islamic History (Arabic)

Studies in Fiqh (English)

Islamic Culture (Arabic/English)

Islamic Systems (Arabic)

Islamic Studies in English

Academic and Administration Post:

Executive Director, International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance Malaysia (May 2008 till present)

Professor, International Center for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) (April 2014 – till present)

Associate Professor, International Center for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) (April 2009 – March 2014)

Assistant Professor, International Islamic University Malaysia (May 1995 to May 2008)

Assistant Lecturer, International Islamic University Malaysia (August 1989 to April 1995)

Deputy Dean of IIUM-KUSZA Matriculation Programme (Dec.1995-June 1997)

Deputy Dean of Students Affairs Division, International Islamic University, Malaysia. (July 1997-July 2001).

Director, Co-Curricular Activity Centre, International Islamic University Malaysia. (August 2001 to August 2002)

Visiting Assistant professor, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (September 2002 to July 2004)

Head, Department of Fiqh and Usul, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. (August 2004 till May 2006)

Deputy Dean Academic Affairs, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. (Jun 2006 till May 2007)

Membership of Advisory Boards/Panels

Member of Shariah Advisory Council Bank Negara Malaysia (November 2008 till present)

Member of Shari’ah Advisory Council International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM), Bahrain. (2009 till present) Member of Shariah Advisory Council Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Malaysia. (2008 till present)

Member of Shariah Supervisory Council of Labuan Financial Services Authority (FSA) April 2014 till present

Member, Shariah Advisory Board, ZI Shariah Advisory, Malaysia (Nov. 2007 till present)

Member Shariah Advisory Board, Yaasar Limited, UK (June 2007 till present)

Member of Thomson Reuters Islamic Benchmark (IIBR) (2015 till present)

Member of Shari’ah Advisor of Dar Al Takaful, Dubai. (2010 till present)

Member of Shariah Advisor of National Takaful Company PSC (Watania), Abu Dhabi (2010 till present)

Member Shariah Advisory Board, Eco Islamic Bank, Repubic of Kyrgstan. (2007 till present)

Member of Financial Regulation Advisory Council of Experts (FRACE), Central Bank of Nigeria (2012 till present)

Member of Advisory Board of Institut Latihan Islam Malaysia (ILIM), JAKIM (November 2008 till present)

Associate Consultant, International Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (June 2005 till present)

Registered Shariah Advisor for Islamic Securities with the Securities Commission of Malaysia.

Researcher, Majma’ al-Fiqh al-Islami (OIC) on Muamalat Member Shariah Committee of Accounting & Auditing Organisation of Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) (2012 till 2015)

Member of Maldives Monetary Authority Shari’ah Board. (2010 till 2015)

Member of Working Group, Malaysian Accounting Standard Board (MASB) (January 2007 till 2015)

Member Shariah Advisory Board, Energy Bank, Bahrain (June 2008 till 2011)

Member of Working Committee, Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia (December 2004 till April 2008)

Member Board of Studies, Department of Fiqh and Usul, IIUM

Shariah Advisory Board, EON Bank Malaysia Bhd. (October 2004 – March 2005)

Chairman, Shariah Advisory Board HSBC Amanah Malaysia (April 2005 till September 2008)

Chairman, Shariah Advisory Board, HSBC Takaful Malaysia Berhad (Jun 2006 till Sept. 2008)

Member, Global Shariah Advisory Board, HSBC Amanah (January 2006 till 2011)

Chairman, Islamic Advisory Board, HSBC Insurance, Singapore (January 2006 till February 2014)

Member of Board of Studies, Master of Science in Islamic Banking & Finance, International Islamic University, August 2008 – 31 August 2010

Member of Board of Studies (External Member): Bachelor of Islamic Revealed Knowledge in Fiqh & Usul Al-Fiqh Programme, (2008 -2010)

Shariah Advisor, Equity Trust Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (July 2005 till December 2007)

Selected Participations and Presentations 2013 - 2016:

3 Jan 2013 Asean Capital Market Forum, Islamic Capital Market Workshop organised by SC as Panellist

Topic: Enable & Barriers to ICM Development 27 – 29 Jan 2013 P.R.I.M.E Finance Annual Conference in The Hague as Speaker, Topic: Islamic Finance Documentation, Issue and Cases 26 – 27 Feb 2013 12th Annual Islamic Finance Summit, London as Panellist, Topic: The Annual Open Fatwa and Shariah Audience Discussion

31 Mar 2013 Harvard LSE Workshop, London as Speaker Topic: Insolvency & Debt. Restructuring in Islamic Finance 14 – 16 April International Islamic Finance 2013 organised by Emerald, 2013 Abu Dhabi as paper presenter titled “Developing Islamic Finance in the Framework of Maqasid al Shari’ah : Understanding the Ends (Maqasid) and the Means (Wasa’il) 16 – 18 Apr 2o13 Islamic Economics Conference in Kuwait as Speaker 24 Apr 2013 Seminar Kewangan Islam, Penang as Paper Presenter Topic: Elemen Riba, Gharar dan Maisir Dalam Konteks Ekonomi Masa Kini 19 – 22 May 2013 8th IDB Global Forum on Islamic Finance in Dushanbe, Tajikistan as Speaker, topic: Proposed Suitable Islamic Financial Instruments for Central Asia Countries 29 – 30 May 2013 7th Muzakarah Cendekiawan Syariah Nusantara, Singapore as Participant 8 June 2013 Konvensyen Ejen Takaful 2013, Kuala Lumpur as Panellist Topic: Memacu Ejen Beretika: Profesionalisma dari Sudut Pandangan Islam 17 June 2013 Muktamar Kewangan Islam Brunei Darussalam 2013 in Brunei organised by CERT as Panellist Topic: Produk dan Instrumen Kewangan Islam – Teori dan Aplikasi 28-29 June 2013 Islamic Finance Workshop Series for Judges, Kuala Lumpur “Managing Islamic Banking Cases” as Participant 17 – 19 July 2013 Dallah Al Baraka Conference, Jeddah as Participant 9 & 10 Sept 2013 9th International Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance (ICIEF), Istanbul as Paper Presenter & Chair Person

Topic: Paper Presenter: The Development of Islamic Finance: Reflecting the Achievement and Direction

Chair Person: Shariah Issues 14 Sept 2013 IFC Training – 8th UK Shari’ah Scholar continuous Professional Development (CPD) session, London Topic – AAOIFI Standards

23 Sept 2013 Seminar on the Prospects and Challenges in the Development of Islamic Finance for Bangladesh, Dhaka as Speaker

Topic: Legal, Regulatory and Enabling Framework Session Description 25 Sept 2013 10th Kuala Lumpur Islamic Finance Forum (KLIFF 2013), Kuala Lumpur as Moderator & Panellist Moderator: KLIFF Round Table – Waqf & Islamic Finance Panellist: Shariah Forum & Dialog 1 Oct Islamic Financial Services Conference 2013, Singapore as Speaker Topic: Islamic Finance Human Capital Needs, Issues and Solutions 8 Oct 2013 Green Financing: Discover Green Technology Industry in Malaysia organised by IBFIM, Kuala Lumpur as Speaker and Panellist

Topic: Speaker - Financing Green Technologies and The Role of Islamic Finance: Shariah Views Panellist – Changing the Mindset of Malaysian Islamic Bankers: Sharing of Experiences & Lesson Learnt

10 Oct 2013 As expert panel for focus group discussion (FGD) for a Research study – Developing and construction a standard Framework of takaful claims focusing on the assessment of construction work loss in Contractor’s All Risk (CAR) Takaful, organised by Kulliyyah of Architecture & Environmental Design (KAED), IIUM 26 Oct 2013 EPF Seminar, Putrajaya as Speaker Topic: Islamic Provident Fund: Issues & Challenges 30 Oct 2013 8th ISRA International Shariah Scholars’ Forum (ISSF), KL as Discussant Topic: Evaluation of Contributions of Central Banks to to Shari’ah Harmonization and Regulatory Consolidation in the Islamic Finance Industry 31 Oct – 1 Nov 2013 IILM Workshop, KL as participant 6 Nov 2013 IIFM / IRTI Consultative Seminar on Sukuk Restructuring, Bahrain as Paper Presenter Topic: Dealing with Sukuk Restruction & Challenges 1 Nov 2013 The “Islamic Financial Intelligence Summit 2, Kuala Lumpur as Panellist

Topic: The Challenges of achieving sharia compliance 12 Nov 2013 The Takaful Rendezvous 2013, Kuala Lumpur as Panellist

Topic: Towards harmonization and common standards in Takaful, Is the global (re)Takaful sector seeing greater harmony in practises?

26 Nov 2013 MIA Conference 2013, Kuala Lumpur as Moderator

Facilitating Cross Borders Islamic Investments: “What is Malaysia’s Role?” 28 Nov 2013 6th Directors’ Training Program, Kuala Lumpur as Trainer

Topic: Kesangsian melabur di Negara Islam – Kelemahan Ummah di Era Globalisasi

19 Dec 2013 BNP Paribas – INCEIF CIWN Colloquium, Kuala Lumpur as Speaker Shariah Forum: Shariah and Legal Issue “The New Waqaf Law prepared by IDB/IRTI and the Kuwait Foundation: A Critical Assessment 8 Jan 2014 Tabung Haji’s 6th Corporate Directors’ Training Program, Kuala Lumpur as Trainer 13 Jan 2014 “Sesi Perkongsian Ilmu Berhubung IFSA 2013” organised by Bank Negara Malaysia, Lanai Kijang as participant 28 – 29 Jan International Conference on Shariah Objectives (Maqasid Al- 2014 Shariah) in Muamalat and Contracts organised by IAIS, Kuala Lumpur as Paper Presenter titled “Maqasid al Shari’ah and Stipulation of Conditions (shurut) in Contracts. 10 Feb 2014 3rd International Conference on Islamic Business (ICIB), organised by Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan Paper presenter titled “Shari’ah Scholars, Ijtihad and Decision Making in Islamic Finance” 12 Feb 2014 13th Annual Islamic Finance Summit organised by Euromoney, London as

Panellist in the Annual Open Fatwa and Shariah Audience Discussion 30 Mar - 1 Apr 2014 IILM – ISRA Roundtable in Abu Dhabi 2-3 Apr 2014 The Sixth Foundations of Islamic Finance Conference (FIFC) organised by

INCEIF and Durham University Paper presentation titled “Guiding Principles of the Maqasid Al Shari’ah in Developing Islamic Finance

9 – Apr 2014 Jemputan ke Bengkel Semakan Semula Kurikulum dan Penawaran Program baharu Fakulti Pengajian Kontemporari Islam (FKI),UNISZA

19 – 22 May 2014 IFSB Summit in Mauritius as Panellist Topic : “Importance of New Markets for the Global Islamic Finance Industry” 6 June 2014 UiTM Forum : IFSA 2013, Shah Alam as Speaker 10 June 2014 Roundtable Discussion on Islamic Microfinance as in Shah Alam as Chairman organised by UiTM 11 June 2014 Wealth Management and Financial Planning: An Islamic

Perspective within the context of Maqasid Al Shariah as Speaker organised by MFPC and Labuan IBFC

18 Aug 2014 Islamic Wealth Advisory Certification Course in Singapore as Trainer 21 – 22 Aug Islamic Education (IFE) – Global Round Table Discourse 2014 (GRTD), Sasana Kijang as participant 3 Sept 2014 INCEIF in Conversation in conjunction with GIFF 2014 as

Speaker Topic - Esham: The Next Big Thing in Islamic Finance 5 Sept 2014 IASB – MASB Outreach events on Islamic Finance & IFRS in Kuala Lumpur as participant 6 Sept 2014 Jemputan Menulis dan membentangkan kertas kerja seminar Kebangsaan

Islam dan Tajdid 2014 oleh Perstatuan Ulama’ Malaysia Topic: Inovasi Dalam Kewangan Islam: Realiti dan Cabaran 8 - 9 Sept 2014 Talk on Islamic Finance to Postgraduate Studies, Universitas Islam Negeri

Ar-Raniry Banda Acheh, Acheh & Mahkamah Syari’yah Banda Acheh Kelas I-A, Acheh 15 Oct 2014 AIF’s Distinguished Speaker Series 2014: Building a Stronger Organisation through Talent and Culture, Sasana Kijang as participant 19 – 20 Insaniah Conference as Speaker Oct 2014 Topic: Can There be a Real Change of Modus Operandi? How it will Help

the Market to Respond? 28 - 29 10th WIFE, Dubai as participant Oct 2014

4 – 5 Nov Awqaf Kuwait Conference in Kuwait 2014 10 – 11 Nov 9th International Shari’ah Scholars Forum (ISSF), Kuala 2014 Lumpur as discussant, topic: Application of Beneficial and Legal

Ownership in Islamic Finance (in Arabic) 10 Nov 11th KLIFF, Kuala Lumpur as paper presenter titled “ Aspect 2014 of Risk and Liquidity in Shariah And International Regulatory” (in Arabic) 12 Nov 2014 11th KLIFF, Kuala Lumpur – 3rd KLIFF Roundtable as Chairperson, Topic: Challenges and Limitations of Developing Shari’ah Professional in Islamic Finance 25 Nov 2014 BNM – MTCP Workshop, Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur as Speaker, topic: Overview of Liquidity Management and Islamic Liquidity Management 8 Dec 2014 UiTM Seminar – Industrial Talk on Islamic Finance As Speaker, topic: Issues in Implementing Islamic Financial Regulations: Shariah Perspective 10 Dec 2014 IFSB – INCEIF Executive Forum, Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur Panel Discussant, topic : Evolving Issues and Challenges in Corporate and Shari’ah Governance 11 – 12 Feb The Euromoney London Islamic Finance and Investment 2015 Conference , London As panellist - Annual Open Fatwa Discussion 13 Feb 2015 London School of Economics (LSE), Workshop, London As Speaker, topic: Empowering Maqasid al-Shari’ah in Sukuk Issuance 17 Feb 2015 Appear on Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) 1 as guest Speaker, Topic : Shari’ah Index 28 March Sukuk Conference in Tunisia 2015 Opening Remarks and Paper presenter titled “ Shari’ah Issues Relating to Sukuk Insurance” (in Arabic) 1 Apri 2015 1 day Intellectual Program with Kolej Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah (KUISAS), Kuala Kangsar, Perak 2 April World Halal Summit 2015, Kuala Lumpur

2015 As panellist, topic: Food Commodity Speculation – An Islamic Perspective 7 – 8 April IILM – ISRA Roundtable on Sukuk, Sasana Kijang, Kuala 2015 Lumpur. As Speaker Topic: Similarities and differences between guarantees

an Collaterals Chairperson – Topic: Fiqh rulings of Collaterals and their Contemporary financial practices 29 – 30 April 5th ISRA – IRTI Durham Strategic Roundtable (SRD), 2015 Kuala Lumpur Delivering Welcoming Remarks and as Speaker, topic: “Islamic Finance and Maqasid Al-Shari’ah Enviromental, Social and Governance (ESG) Issues 27 May 2015 YADIM Symposium, Lahad Datu, Sabah as Speaker Topic: “Pelaburan Patuh Syariah: Bijak Mengatur Senang kemudian”. 1 June 2015 GIES Roundtable on Leadership and Human Capital Development In Islamic Finance as discussant, topic: 1. Is the Islamic finance industry’s scope of vision Broad and long enough to anticipate the cross- Sectoral/functional needs of an evolving global economy. 2. What skills does the industry require of its new hires? 3. Is it to the benefit of the industry to support fundamental theoretical research within academia and how can this be supported without sacrificing the credibility and independence of the research? 3 June 2015 Course on Islamic Finance – Understanding Shari’ah Govervnance in

Islamic Financial Institutions, ILKAP, Bangi as Trainer 4 June 2015 Course on IslamicCapital Markat – Contentious Issues in Islamic Capital

Market, Amanie Academy as Trainer 10 – 11 June 9th Muzakarah Cendekiawan Syariah Nusantara, Jakarta 2015 as participant 24 – 25 June Al Baraka Annual Islamic Economics Forum, Jeddah as 2015 participant 18 Aug 2015 Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa organised by EPF in Putrajaya Topic: “Isu Penyucian Dividen” as speaker 2 Sept 2015 1st Global Ethical Finance Forum (GEFF) , UK As speaker, topic: Synergies through Collaboration –

Opportunities for Convergence in Principle and Standards 3 Sept 2015 Talk on “Faith in Finance” at HSBC HQ in Canary Wharf, UK 4 Sept 2015 CPM Program in Wharf Canary 9 Sept 2015 Green Financing Forum 2015 - Driving Green Investment: Unleashing Public and Private for Growth”, Kuala Lumpur organised by

IBFIM as Moderator Topic: Socially Responsible Investment & Upholding Shari’ah in Financing the Green Sector 3 – 4 Oct Presentation as one of the finalist for EFICA Award, 2015 Dubai 19 Oct 2015 Islamic Wealth Advisory Certification Course organised by FA Consultant, Singapore as Trainer Topic: Fatwa Updates and Processes by Shariah Advisor 21 Oct 2015 Training on Shari’ah Standard organised by ICSB, Kuala Lumpur as Trainer Topic: Murabahah Shari’ah Standards 22 Oct 2015 5th Seminar on Islamic Deposit Insurance organised by PIDM, Kuala Lumpur as discussant Topic: “Shari’ah Governance for Islamic Deposit Insurance Systems” 29 Oct 2015 Seminar on Sadaqa House organised KUIS, Kuala Lumpur As participant 30 - 31 Oct Bank Rakyat International Shariah Scholars Roundtable Oct 2015 (ISHAR) 2015 as Discussant Topic: Wa’ad, Qalbu Day n, Rahn, A review of the Application of Zakat al-Mustaghallat in Share’s & Sukuk’s And Cash Waqaf and it’s implementation by Islamic Financial Institutions 2 Nov 2015 ISRA – AAOIFI Workshop, Kuala Lumpur as participant 3 – 4 Nov 10th International Shari’ah Scholars Forum 2015, Kuala 2015 Lumpur Delivered Welcoming Remarks and as participant 5 Nov 2015 IFSB – ISRA Shariah Roundtable, Kuala Lumpur as Participant 16 - 17 Nov 2015 Shura Sharia Consultancy Conference, Kuwait as Participant

30 Nov 2015 2nd Cohort Of Fiqh Muamalat Professional Program, Brunei as Trainer Topic: Knowledge of Usul Fi qh, Maqasid al Shariah, Legal Maxims Al Qawa’id Fiqhiyyah and Fiqh Muamalat 1 December 2015 KLIFF – Islamic Finance and Capital Market, as Panelist Topic – High Quality Liquid Asset and Liquidity Capital Requirement (LCR) under Basel III & Islamic Finance 2 December 2015 The 3rd IIUM – Kyoto University Research Colloquium as Participant 6 - 7 December AAOIFI Annual Conference, Bahrain as participant 2015 11 December 2o15 In house Training Program for Board of Directors AmBank Islamic – Shariah and Islamic organised by ICSB as Trainer 25 – 26 January P.R.I.ME Finance Annual Conference 2016, The Hague, 2016 Netherlands as Paper Presenter 18 – 20 February ICIB Riphah Conference 2016, Islamabad, Pakistan as 2016 Speaker 5 – 6 March 2016 SC-OCIS Roundtable 2016, Kuala Lumpur as Participant 8 – 9 March 2016 4th GFIF Conference, Lahore, Pakistan Keynote Speaker, Panelist & Chair person Topic: Marketing Islamic Finance and Behaviours 10 March 2016 Training on BOD’s Roles, Duties and Responsibilities in Relation to Shari’ah Governance and Risk Management, Karachi, Pakistan as Trainer 16 – 17 March QFIS Islamic Finance – Shariah Roundtable, Qatar, Kuwait 2016 as Participant 30 March 2016 Responsible Finance Summit, Kuala Lumpur as Panelist Topic: Addressing popular perceptions of responsible Finance 2 April 2o16 Gunadarma Shariah Event (GSENT), The Gunadarma University West

Java, Indonesia as Speaker Topic: Explaining urgency of inclusive economy, optimizing

access and giving Islamic view and solution toward economic exclusivity problem

25 April 2016 Sembang-Sembang Pelaburan “Minggu Saham Amanah Malaysia PNB (MSAM) 2016, Tapah, Perak as Panellist Topic: Wasiat, Hibah & Waqf: Elemen Penting dalam Maqasid Shariah 4 May 2016 Sharing Session with Student of UITM, Shah Alam Topic: Sukuk Structure, and regulatory guideline 10 May 2016 4th Roundtable ISRA IILM on Challenges in Sukuk Issuance Topic: Disclosure to the Buyer Ownership of the Sukuk Assets, Kuala Lumpur 26 May 2016 Sukuk Conference in London as Keynote Speaker Topic: Shariah Challenges in Sukuk 3 Aug 2016 Sukuk Conference, University of Jordan, Amman as Speaker Topic: Sukuk Malaysian Experience 5 Aug 2016 ½ day Sharing session with students from Yarmouk University, Amman Topic: Prospect of Global Islamic Finance 10 Aug 2016 Seminar on Introduction to Islamic Banking and Finance, Jabatan Peguam Negara Malaysia, KL as Speaker Topic: Insurance and Takaful, Gold Investment on Islamic Perspective and Online Business (E-Dagang) Concept in Islam 16 Aug 2016 As Trainer in Red Money event, KL Topic: Shariah Non-Compliance Risk Management & Reporting for Islamic Banking & Finance 22 Aug 2016 Cambridge Islamic Finance Leadership Programme, University of Cambridge, UK as Speaker Session: Leadership Interview 6 Sept 2016 Forum Riset Ekonomi dan Keuagan Syariah XV, Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia as Speaker Topic: Shariah Governance in Islamic Financial Institution Across Jurisdictions 28 Sept 2016 Takaful Rendezvous, Kuala Lumpur as Moderator

Topic: Shariah & Compliance Issues in Takaful 5 Oct 2016 9th IFSB INCEIF Executive Forum as Speaker Topic: The Essence of Shariah Governance: Exceeding Stakeholders Expectations 6 Oct 2016 Seminar Hukum Islam Semasa VIII Peringkat Antarabangsa 2016

organised by UM as Paper Presenter Topic: Aplikasi Maqasid al Syariah dalam isu-isu Kewangan Islam (in

Arabic) 6 Oct 2016 The 3rd World Muslim Leadership, KL As Panellist Topic: Islamic Finance – Leading Ethical Banking and Insurance What is New? What is Next? 9 Nov 2016 International Conference on INFAQ, UTM, Skudai, Johor Deliver keynote address 28 Nov 2016 Jemputan ke Persidangan Meja Bulat Tadbir Urus Agensi Agama, Puchong, Selangor 19 Feb 2017 LSE Workshop, London as Speaker 16 Mar 2017 Delloite and IRTI – IDB Group Executive Workshop Topic: Sharia’ , Legal Tax and Rating Considerations as Panellist 27 Mar 2017 International Juristic Forum on Participatory Finance: Shariah Compliance and its impact on the Leadership of Islamic financial Institutions, “Islamic Financial Products Engineering : Challenges of Harmonization between Sharia & Law organised by Finepolis Consulting, Morocco as Speaker 26 April 2017 Sukuk Model Law Regional Consultation Workshop co Organised by Central Bank of Brunei as Moderator and Discussant Selected Academic works:

Book: Introduction to Fiqh. 2006, (CERT Publication, KL)

A Mini Guide to Shariah and Legal Maxims. 2006 (CERT Publication, KL)

Islamic Banking and Finance Manual (Amanie Business Solutions, Malaysia)

Book on Fiqh al-Iqtisad (in progress)

Translation of ‘Tafsir Pimpinan al-Rahman Kepada Pengertian al-Quran’ into English Published by National Institute of Translation, Malaysia.

Course writer and instructor for IIUM Distance Learning Programme on the subject of Introduction to Islamic Law and Islamic Legal Maxims.

Fundamentals and Practices in Islamic Finance (ISRA) The Concept of Promise and Bilateral Promise in Financial Contracts: A Fiqhi Perspective (ISRA)

Selected Articles:

النظام القانوني إلصدار األوراق المالیة دراسة مقارنة بین الفقھ اإلسالمي والقانون التوریق المالیزي

Shari’ah Approved Securities Screening Process in Malaysia

The Shari’ah Objectives (Maqasid) of Financial Contracts And Islamic Banking

Islamic Financial System: The Malaysian Experience And The Way Forward

Waqaf in Education Funding: The Experience of International Islamic University Malaysia in Managing Endowment (Waqaf) Fund

حق االنتفاع وضوابط نقله في اإلجارة الطويلة

الوعد والمواعدة في المالية اإلسالمية

List of Articles (2011 – 2015)

Mohamad Akram Laldin. (2011). ‘Aqd al-Ishtirak fi al-Waqt: Suwaruhu wa Takyifuhu al-Fiqhi (Time Sharing: Its Forms and Fiqh Characterization). ISRA International Arabic Journal of Islamic Finance, 1 (2), 9 – 40.

Mohamad Akram Laldin & Nusaibah Mohd. Parid. (2011). Kewangan & Perbankan Islam: Prospek, Isu dan Cabaran (Islamic Banking and Finance: Prospects, Issues and Challenges). Iktisad, 22, 4-13.

Mohamad Akram Laldin. (2012). Sukuk in Various Jurisdictions: Shari’ah and Legal Issues. Journal of Islamic Business and Management, 2 (1), 15-34.

Mohamad Akram Laldin & Hafas Furqani. (2012). The Approaches and Directions in Islamic Banking and Finance Development. Australian Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance, 1 (1), 103-116.

Mohamad Akram Laldin & Hafas Furqani. (2012). Maqasid al-Shari’ah and the Foundational Requirements in Developing Islamic Banking and Finance. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance, 4 (1), 183 - 189.

Mohamad Akram Laldin, Mek Wok Mahmud & Mohd. Fuad Sawari. (2012). Maqasid al-Syari’ah dalam Pelaksanaan Waqaf (Maqasid al-Shari’ah in Waqaf Implementation). In Mahmood Zuhdi, Mek Wok Mahmud & Akhtarzaite Abdul Aziz (eds.), Maqasid al-Syari’ah (pp. 259-284). Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press.

Mohamad Akram Laldin, Mohamed Fairooz Abdul Khir & Nusaibah Mohd Parid. (2012). Fatwas in Islamic Banking: A Comparative Study between Malaysia and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries. ISRA Research Paper 31. Kuala Lumpur: ISRA.

Mohamad Akram Laldin & Hafas Furqani. (2012). The Objectives of the Shari’ah in Islamic Finance: Identifying the Ends (Maqasid) and the Means (Wasa’il). ISRA Research Paper 32. Kuala Lumpur: ISRA

Mohamad Akram Laldin & Hafas Furqani. (2012). The Approaches and Directions in Islamic Banking and Finance Development. Australian Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance, 1 (1), 103-116.

Mohamad Akram Laldin. (2012). Sukuk in Various Jurisdictions: Shariah and Legal Issues.

Journal of Islamic Business and Management, vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 15-35.

Mohamad Akram Laldin and Hafas Furqani. (2013). “Developing Islamic Finance in the

Framework fo Maqasid al-Shari’ah: Understanding teh Ends (maqasid) and the Means (Wasa’il)”. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 278-289.

Mohamad Akram Laldin and Hafas Furqani. (2013). “The Future of Islamic Finance: A Reflection based on Maqasid al-Shari’ah”, Tafhim, IKIM Journal of Islam and the Contemporary World, vol. 6, pp. 41-54.

Mohamad Akram Laldin and Hafas Furqani. (2013). "The Foundations of Islamic Finance and the Maqasid al-Shari'ah Requirements", Journal of Islamic Finance (IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance), Vol. 2 No. 1 (2013), pp. 31-37.

Mohamad Akram Laldin & Hafas Furqani. (2014). “Meeting Expectations: The Roles and

Responsibilities of Shari’ah Scholars in Islamic Finance”. In M. Kabir Hasan & Mervyn K. Lewis (eds.), Handbook on Islam and Economic Life. Edward Elgar Publication, pp. 336-352.

Mohamad Akram Laldin & Hafas Furqani. (2014). “Inovasi dalam Kewanan Islam: Realiti dan Cabaran”. In Abd. Karim Ali and Rumaizi Ahmad (eds.), Islam dan Tajdid: Tinjauan Isu-Isu dan Perspektif Semasa. Selangor, Malaysia: Persatuan Ulama Malaysia, pp. 71-94.

Mohamad Akram Laldin. (2014). “Legal, Regulatory and Enabling Framework”. In Prospects and challenges in the development ofislamic finance for bangladesh. Kuala Lumpur: IFSB, pp. 29-42.

Mohamad Akram Laldin. (2014). “Objectives of Islamic Banking: A Theoretical Discussion”. In Mervyn K. Lewis, Mohamed Ariff and Shamser Mohamad, Risk and Regulation of Islamic Banking. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, pp. 43-54.

Mohamad Akram Laldin and Hafas Furqani. (2015). “Shari’ah Scholars, Ijtihād and

Decision Making in Islamic Finance”. Journal of Islamic Business and Management, vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-15.

Selected Academic supervision: Masters thesis:

Pricing of Product in Islamic Banking and Finance: A Fiqhi Analysis (English)

A Critical Studies and Analysis of al-Bay bi Thaman Ajil and Its Application in Malaysian Financial Institutions. (English)

The process of Islamisation in Malaysia: The Role of Government and non-Governmental Organisations. (English)

Al-Bida’ wa al-Khurafat fi Tajhiz al-Janazah. (Arabic)

Taadud al-Zawjat fi Malaysia, Dirasah Tahliliyyah Maydaniyyah (Arabic)

PhD thesis Investment in Waqaf Property: Analysis of Fiqh Views (Arabic)

Islamic Unit Trust: A Fiqhi Analysis

Selected Thesis Examiner:

Bai’ al-Inah and its Contemporary Application in Islamic Bank of Malaysia (Arabic) (M.A. Thesis, IIUM)

The Concept of Profit Sharing in Islamic Commercial Law and Conventional Law (Arabic) (Ph.D Thesis, IIUM)

Legal Capacity (Al-Ahliyyah) Between The Shariah and Developmental Phychology (M.A. Thesis, IIUM)

Islamic Insurance: A comparative Study Between Bank al-Jazeera And Takaful Ikhlas (Arabic) (PhD, IIUM)

Sukuk al-Ijarah and its Application in Malaysia and Bahrain (PhD, IIUM)

Sukuk al-Mudrabah, al-Musharakah and al-Ijarah: Fiqhi Analytical Studies and Contemporary Applications (Arabic) (PhD, IIUM)

The Crime of Killing According to Islamic Jurisprudence and Two Laws of Kosovo Criminal Law and Customary Law, written in Arabic (Master of Shariah by Coursework and Dissertation) University of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam

Selected Sukuks Examined and Approved

1) Sunway City Berhad MYR500m Murabaha MTN and MYR100m Murabaha CP Programmes

2) MISC Berhad MYR2.5bn Murabaha MTN Programme

3) UEM Group’s MYR800m Sukuk Musyarakah MTN Programme

4) Silterra Capital Berhad’s MYR1.80b Sukuk Al Ijara

5) Cagamas Berhad’s MYR60bn Islamic/Conventional Bond Programme

6) MISC Berhad MYR1.0bn Murabaha CP/MTN Programme

7) Diversified Venue MYR200m Sukuk Ijara MTN Programme

8) Cagamas MBS Berhad’s MYR2,050m Islamic Residential Backed Sukuk Musyarakah

9) MRCB Southern Link Berhad’s MYR900m Senior Sukuk and MYR230m Junior Sukuk under

the Syariah principle of Istisna

10) Cosmo Jupiter Berhad MYR600m Sukuk Ijara MTN Programme

Area of Interest

Islamic Banking and Finance, Islamic Capital Market, Takaful, Fundamentals of Islamic Jurisprudence

Other activities:

1. Instructor for PhD in Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia 2. Instructor for Diploma in Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University

Malaysia 3. Trainer for Bank Negara staff on Islamic Principles in Banking & Finance 4. Trainer for several Government and Private bodies on Islamic Banking & Finance including

ILKAP, CERT Events, Petronas, Kuwait Finance House, OCBC Bank and others 5. Member, Malaysian National Accreditation Board 6. Consultant for Amal Assurance, Shariah Training Programme 7. Trainer for Amal Assurance Staff on Islamic Principles in Islamic Insurance 8. Hosting and invited panel for TV programmes on Islamic issues 9. Delivering Public lecture at different Higher learning Institutions, public and private sector 10. Trainer for motivational programmes organised by consultancy firms 11. International Islamic University Malaysia Humanitarian Team to Acheh