Rizal Il-Ehzan Fadil Azim
En. Rizal Il-Ehzan Fadil Azim is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Alliance Islamic Bank Berhad (AIS). He was appointed to his current role on 1st August 2017. Prior to his current role, he was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Performance of AIS.
En. Rizal has over 27 years of experience in business advisory, banking and finance, including in Islamic Banking. Before joining AIS, he served at Hong Leong Islamic Bank, EONCAP Islamic Bank, The Boston Consulting Group, and Bank Negara Malaysia.
As CEO of AIS, he oversees the bank’s mission to be the preferred ESG bank for business owners and communities. This entailed the rollout of AIS’ flagship Halal in One program which assists SMEs to succeed in the Halal market by providing end–to-end Halal business support.
AIS also embarked on digitalizing the mobilization of social funds through SocioBiz, AIS’ own social crowdfunding platform that helps to economically empower the underprivileged through business. SocioBiz has also been instrumental in assisting various social enterprises attain funding for their business since 2019.
In addition to the above, En. Rizal is a key sustainability advocate for Alliance Bank Group and drives the Group’s sustainability strategy framework and flagship initiatives.
En. Rizal holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in accounting and financial analysis from the University of Warwick, UK.
