Organized by : Hosted by : Confirmed Speakers Profiles Jaseem Ahmed Secretary‐General Islamic Financial Services Board Jaseem Ahmed assumed the position of the Secretary‐General of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) on 1st May 2011. Prior to his appointment to the IFSB, Mr. Ahmed served as the Director, Financial Sector, Public Management and Trade, Southeast Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In this capacity, he was responsible for managing the ADB's lending and capacity building operations in Southeast Asia for the promotion of sound banking and non‐banking financial sectors, and for the strengthening of supervision and regulatory capacities. Mr. Ahmed led the ADB's response in the Southeast Asia region to the global crisis, which includes the approval of three crisis support programmes under the ADB's Counter Cyclical Support Facility provided to Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. Mr. Ahmed was also Practice Leader for Islamic finance at the ADB responsible for managing Technical Assistance (TA) programmes – including those to the IFSB ‐ jointly funded with the Islamic Development Bank. He was a member of the IFSB High Level Task Force on Liquidity Management, the group which proposed the establishment of the recently established International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation. Mr. Ahmed led the ADB team that helped prepare the Implementation Plan for integration of capital markets in Southeast Asia, approved by ASEAN Finance Ministers in April 2009. He also worked closely with the ASEAN Stock Exchanges in their development of an Exchange Alliance, which begins implementation in 2011. Mr. Ahmed has a BA in economics from the University of Sussex and also holds two graduate degrees in economics from Yale University. He is a national of Bangladesh. Tai Boon Leong Executive Director Monetary Authority of Singapore Tai Boon Leong is presently Executive Director with the Development Group, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Mr Tai joined MAS in 1986 as a Central Banking Officer after graduating from the National University of Singapore with an Honours degree in Engineering. In 1988, he was posted to the International Department (now re‐named Reserve and Monetary Management Department) where he rose to the post of Director in charge of the Japan and US Fixed Income Divisions. From 1999 to 2001, Mr Tai was the MAS New York Representative. Upon his return to Singapore, he headed the Internal Audit Department and the Finance Department which oversees the Authority’s budget, financial accounts and reporting, safe custody and settlement, and financial risk management. Mr Tai is a CFA and a member of the Singapore Society of Financial Analysts and CFA Institute. In 2005, Mr. Tai was awarded the Public Administration Silver Medal. IFSB ICM Seminar – 7 June 2011 I Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore Junaid Ahmed Chief Executive Officer Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan, Pakistan Junaid Ahmed was born on April 05, 1957 in Dhaka. He attended the Calcutta University, India where he obtained a degree in Bachelors of Commerce. Junaid began his Banking career in 1977 with BCCI as a Trainee office. His move in the banking industry has a distinguished career mostly in the area of Branch Banking / Retail Operations, Private Banking to Heading the Corporate and Investment Banking while subsequently managing the international operations of the Bank. Prior to assuming the role of CEO he was member Board Dubai Islamic Bank, Pakistan and member of the Board Audit committee/Remco). He is currently member Board of Bank of Khartoum, Sudan and Bosnia Bank International. He has also worked as Member Board MESC (Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank, Jordan and managed the representative offices of DIB in Turkey, Iran. The key roles and responsibilities held by Junaid prior to appointment as Chief Executive Officer of DIBP were the following: • Chief of International division 2008/Aug 2010 • Chief of Corporate and Investment banking December 2004/March 2008 • Head of Private Banking September 2003/2004 • Between 1992 and 2003 ‐ worked with Union National Bank holding various position from Managing the main branch to Regional Head for Dubai and northern Emirates responsible for Retail and Corporate Business on a decentralize network. • Subsequently became the Head of Corporate Bank for Dubai and Northern Emirates after setting up the platform under centralize structure in 1999 and held that position for 4 years. The Major achievements in the career of Junaid Ahmed include: • Developed strong footing of Corporate and Investment Banking within DIB with direct contribution of 20% on the core revenue of the bank primarily from Trade finance, Corporate Finance, Capital market and syndicated business. Created many cross sell functions/initiatives. Also established Private Banking business within the Bank. Set up Corporate Banking platform under centralized structure within UNB. Bank witnessed exponential growth in all areas of business and revenue after the restructuring, post BCCI crisis. Among the key achievements in the role as Chief of International Division, he managed to turn around the business of DIB Pakistan (fully owned subsidiary with 36 branches). The bank has grown by over 60% in footprint from 36 to 59 branches over 8 months period in 2010/11 through a planned expansion strategy showing solid growth both in business and profitability. Chen Mee King Vice President The Islamic Bank of Asia, Singapore Chen Mee King is a Singapore‐trained lawyer with practical experience in both conventional banking and Islamic finance, having worked during the past 20+ years not only in private law practice but also as in‐ house counsel for an Asian commercial bank, two European commercial banks, and an Indonesian multinational investment group, before joining The Islamic Bank of Asia Limited as primary Legal Counsel and Company Secretary. The Islamic Bank of Asia Limited, the first full‐ fledged Islamic bank in Singapore, is a joint venture between Singapore's DBS Bank Ltd and more than 30 investors in the Middle East. Mrs Chen's responsibilities as Legal Counsel for The Islamic Bank of Asia involve the oversight of legal matters arising in connection with the Bank's activities in South East Asia as well as its representative office in Bahrain. In that capacity, her day‐ to‐ day work includes reviewing Islamic finance products; drafting, reviewing and amending legal documentation; and coordinating legal matters with external counsel. Drawing from her extensive experience and expertise, Mrs Chen also has guest lectured in a module in Islamic banking at Singapore Management University, and has been an invited speaker at several international Islamic finance conferences and seminars in Singapore and elsewhere in the Region. IFSB ICM Seminar – 7 June 2011 I Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin Executive Director Securities Commission of Malaysia Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin joined Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) as Executive Director, Islamic Capital Market in January 2011. Prior to joining SC, he was Chief Executive Officer / Director of i‐VCAP Management, an Islamic fund management firm based in Malaysia. He has over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry. He began his career with Citibank before joining MIDF Amanah Asset Management. During his tenure with MIDF Asset, he held several positions covering research, portfolio management and business development. He was also seconded to Schroder Investment Management Limited in London for two years to be part of the team managing equity investments in the Asia Pacific markets. His last position prior to joining i‐VCAP was CEO / Director of MIDF Asset. He also held directorships in several companies in the MIDF Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree (dual concentration in Accounting & Finance) from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. He was President of CFA Malaysia from 2001 to 2005, and Vice Chairman of the Malaysian Association of Asset Managers (MAAM) and Chairman of MAAM Islamic Fund Management Sub‐Committee in 2010. Dudi Dermawan Saputra Economist Bank Indonesia Mr Dudi is an Economist in Financial Market Team, Monetary Management Department of Bank Indonesia. Prior to joining Bank Indonesia, he was an Assistant Manager from 1994 ‐ 1997 with Astra Credit Company. He then served as a Guest Lecturer for Masters' Degree for Applied Banking and Economic at Pajajaran University from 2008 until 2010. Mr Dudi attained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Petroleum Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology on 1992 and Master Degree in Magister Management majoring Marketing Management from PPM Graduate School of Management in 1996. His vast experiences in the academic world include publishing internationally recognized research papers such as the paper on "The Development of Indonesia Government Bonds as well as Clearing and Settlement." Topping up his credentials as an academic is his winning award in Bank Indonesia Paper Competition where he bagged the 1st prize through his paper "How to create Liquidity Management to Support Monetary Operation". Mr Dudi's vast experiences in various international trainings and seminars related to bond market, money market as well as monetary policy have earned him the prestigious title of Economist in Bank Indonesia. Brandon Davies Senior Non‐ Executive Director Gatehouse Bank plc, UK Brandon is senior non‐executive director of both Gatehouse Bank plc (an Islamic Bank in London) and Premier European Capital Limited. When asked to join Gatehouse Bank Board, Brandon was asked to help develop Shariah compliant banking markets across the world. As well as drafting papers and giving presentations on the subject he has helped to establish the “Gatehouse Thought Leadership Programme”. He has worked with institutions notably in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Malaysia to build on this role.Until December 2009 Brandon was Managing Director of the Global Association of Risk Professionals Risk Academy. In that capacity Brandon has produced five books on Basel II and risk management, Governance, Supervision and Enterprise Risk Management.