AMANAH - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Associate Professor in Shariah at Institute of Islamic Banking

Dr Aznan Hasan is an Associate Professor in Shariah at Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (IIiBF), IIUM, Founding President, Association of Shariah Advisors in Islamic Finance (ASAS) and the Deputy Chairman, Shariah Advisory Council, Securities Commission. Dr. Aznan also sits on Shariah boards of various regulatory bodies including AAOIFI, Bahrain and Higher Shariah Authority, Central Bank of UAE. Due to his experience and expertise, Dr. Aznan also serves on Shari'a boards of various regional and international financial institutions including FNB Bank (South Africa), HSBC Amanah (UAE), Standard Chartered Bank (DIFC, UAE), ABSA Islamic Bank (South Africa), Yasaar Limited (UK), Khalij Group (UK), Bank Nizwa (Oman), Employee Provident Fund (Malaysia), Amanah Raya Asset Management (Malaysia) and Waqf Foundation (Malaysia). Dr. Aznan is a registered Shariah Advisor for the Islamic Unit Trust Schemes and Islamic securities (Sukuk) with Securities Commission of Malaysia and is also invited by several Zakat Centres in Malaysia to give advice on zakat matters.

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• Digital Transformation Specialist
• Dubai Islamic Bank As VP International Business
• Fintech Consultant

Fahad is a Digital Transformation specialist. He oversees the Amanah's offerings in Islamic FinTech Services including Artificial intelligence, Analytics, Automation, Cloud Computing, and Digital Technology services. He has a successful track of implementing Sharia Compliant Core Banking System, Branch Transformation, CRM, ERP, Payment Switch, and completely cloud-native Artificial-intelligence-enabled platforms for various Islamic and Conventional Financial Institutions in North America, MENA, and the Asia-Pacific region delivering Industry-leading Governance, Integration, and Orchestration Capabilities across their digitally-enabled operations. Recently, He has also co-founded TAIF Digital Institute for Islamic Finance. Before joining Amanah, for most of his career, Fahad has worked for Dubai Islamic Bank as VP International Business and had helped the bank to set up Five fully commercial Operations from the scratch in Subcontinent, Africa, and Far East region including leading the technology stack, building teams and rolling out Sharia-compliant Financial products. Fahad also held senior operating leadership roles in other large corporations including Scotiabank Canada, and Diebold Nixdorf North America where he oversaw Product management, Engineering (R&D), and Client services businesses. Fahad received his graduate degree from Hamdard University, Karachi, and is PMP, DevOps, CXP, COMPTIA+ and AWS certified.

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• Head of Corporate Shariah Services

Muhammad is a fellow member of the Chartered Certified Accountants with 10 years+ relevant sector experience including Practice, Commerce & Industry and Financial Services namely Investment Banking & Insurance. He has worked for several multinational banks in the city of London and Canary Wharf. He also has a Bachelor's Degree in Sharia from the Islamic University of Madina and has studied for the CSAA programme from AAOIFI.

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• Head of Product Development and Structuring

An experienced Islamic Banking professional having a proven track record in leading product innovation, development and Shariah compliance at Islamic Financial Institutions in Pakistan and the GCC. During his career he has enabled Banks and financial institutions to develop and deliver profitable Shariah compliant financial products and solutions related to Retail, Corporate, Treasury, Trade, and Structured Finance.