Dr Mohd Daud Bakar

President / CEO

Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar is the President/CEO of International Institute of Islamic Finance (IIIF) Inc. (BVI), Amanie Business Solutions Sdn. Bhd. and Amanie Islamic Finance Learning Centre LLC Dubai. Prior to this; he was the Vice-Chancellor at the International Islamic University Malaysia. He received his first degree in Shari’ah from University of Kuwait in 1988 and obtained his PhD from University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom in 1993. In 2002, he went on to complete his external Bachelor of Jurisprudence at University of Malaya. He has published a number of articles in various academic journals and in various conferences both local and overseas. Dr Mohd Daud is currently the Chairman of the Central Shari’ah Advisory Council of the Central Bank of Malaysia and is a member of Shariah Advisory Council of Securities Commission of Malaysia. He is also a member of Shari’ah board of Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) (Bahrain), International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) (Bahrain), Dow Jones Islamic Market Index (New York), Oasis Asset Management (Cape Town, South Africa), Unicorn Investment Bank (Bahrain), Financial Guidance (USA), BNP Paribas (Bahrain), Morgan Stanley (Dubai), Jadwa-Russell Islamic Fund (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Bank of London and Middle East (London), Noor Islamic Bank (Dubai), Islamic Bank of Asia (Singapore), Dubai Financial Market  and in other financial institutions both local and abroad. Apart from that, Dr Mohd Daud is also actively advising in capital market product structuring such as Sukuks both local and overseas.