2009 London Sukuk Summit

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Market Players
		Back to Full Speakers Listing Badlisyah Abdul Ghani (Confirmed) Chief Executive Officer, CIMB At 34 was appointed as an Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad on 28 February 2006. He joined Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad (CIMB) in 2002 and was attached to the Corporate Finance Division, prior to his appointment as the Group Head of CIMB Islamic. He is responsible for all Islamic banking and finance business of the CIMB Group. He sits on various group management committees of the CIMB Group. Under his leadership, CIMB Islamic has since its launch in June 2003 received numerous accolades awarded by local and international financial fraternities. “The Best Islamic Bank in Asia 2006” awarded by Euromoney and the “Global Islamic Investment Bank of The Year 2006” from the Banker is the latest testimony to CIMB Islamic’s expertise and excellence in Islamic finance and underlines its dominance in this field. Prior to CIMB Group, he was attached with an offshore banking subsidiary of a premier Malaysia Islamic financial group in Structured Finance, Capital Market and Syndications. As a thoroughbred Islamic Banker, he has been involved in more than USD10 billion Islamic financial deals locally and globally. Amongst his notable accomplishments is the creation and introduction of the world’s first sukuk al ijarah, the world’s first istisna’ sukuk, and the world’s first musyarakah ABS and RMBS. Badlisyah was named by Euromoney as one of the “Global Top 20 Pioneers in Islamic Finance” for his prominent contribution to the development of the Islamic financial sector in Malaysia and globally.