Ustaz Mokhtar - Malayan Banking Member of the Shariah Supervisory Board

Mr. Ustaz Mohd Kamal Mokhtar is Member of the Shariah Supervisory Board at Malayan Banking Berhad since September 1, 2015. He is currently a Judge at the Shariah Appeal Court of Singapore. Prior to that, he was a Senior Shariah Advisor and a Research Analyst at SHAPE Financial Corporationration from 2009 to 2013 where he was involved in the formulation of Shariah funds, the structuring of sukuks as well as the monitoring of projects in the GCC, US, Europe and Southeast Asia. He is currently serving as an associate member of the Singapore Council of Fatwa to discuss contemporary matters which concerns the general Muslim public in Singapore. He is also a member of the Asatizah Recognition Board which certifies and accredits all Islamic religious teachers in Singapore. In addition, he is a Shariah consultant for the Basil Fund, an Islamic Real Estate Investment Trust based in Singapore. His recent research relates to the practical applications of the concepts of istijrar, tawarruq, sukuk forms, the Islamic rules of exchanges applicable to sukuk, and global capital market rules. Ustaz Mohd Kamal completed his tertiary education in National University of Singapore and graduated with a B.Sc. in Zoology and Botany. He obtained his Diploma in Arabic Language from the Islamic University of Medina in 1993. Subsequently, he graduated with BA in Hadith and Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Hadith in 1997. In 2006, he graduated from the Sharia Advisory Training Program jointly conducted by Singapore Islamic Scholars the Religious Teachers Association and the International Institute of Islamic Finance . Recently he completed MS in International Islamic University of Malaysia . since 2015.