Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mohd Azmi Omar
Professor Dato’ Dr. Mohd Azmi Omar is the President and Chief Executive Officer at International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) – The Global University of Islamic Finance since October 2017. Prior to his current position, he held the post of Director-General, Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank Group, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. At IRTI, Azmi pioneered and introduced many innovative policy research which culminated in flagship reports such as IRTI Islamic Social Finance Report and IDB-World Bank Global Report on Islamic Finance. Azmi has also advised and provided technical assistance in Islamic Finance to several IsDB 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. 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 3rd World Islamic Economics and Finance Conference Pakistan in 2020. He has previously worked at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), as Deputy Rector (Academic & Research), Dean of Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (IIiBF) and Dean of Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences. Azmi holds a PhD in Finance and a holder of Chartered Professional in Islamic Finance qualification. Concurrently, he is a member of Shariah Advisory Council at Securities Commission Malaysia and a Shariah committee member at Bank Rakyat Malaysia, Etiqa Takaful Malaysia and MUFG Bank (Malaysia). Given his vast experience, he was appointed as an Islamic Finance Expert to the Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam from 2018 to 2020. Recent consulting projects led by Dr. 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.
