YCM CEO Series 26: Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, CEO of CIMB Islamic
Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, a Malaysian, aged 36, was appointed Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad, CIMB Group’s Islamic banking flagship on 28 February 2006.
He is also a Director of CIMB Islamic Investment House BSC (C), Bahrain and CIMB Islamic Funds DCC Limited, Brunei. Prior to CIMB Group, he was attached to an offshore banking subsidiary of a premier Malaysia Islamic financial group in structured finance, capital market and syndications.
For YCM’s CEO Series 26, we have the privilege of hosting En Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, CEO of CIMB Islamic.
He chairs the Islamic Capital Market Committee of the Malaysian Investment Banking Association and sits in various other industry committees including the Listing Committee of the Labuan International Financial Exchange, Exchange Committee of the Labuan International Financial Exchange, Islamic Capital Market Consultative Committee, Bursa Malaysia and the Working Group on Islamic Accounting Standards, Malaysian Accounting Standards Board.
Badlisyah is recognised as a leader in Islamic finance globally. Amongst his notable accomplishments includes the introductions of the world’s first Sukuk al Ijarah, the world’s first Istisna’ Sukuk and the world’s first Musyarakah ABS/ RMBS. In 2004, at the age of 31, Euromoney named him one of “Global Top 20 Pioneers in Islamic Finance”. In 2007, he was voted “Islamic Banker of the Year” at the Islamic Business and Finance Awards, Dubai and awarded the “Best Individual Islamic Banker in 2007” by Islamic Finance News. Recently, he was named the sole recipient of “The Asian Banker Promising Young Banker Award for Malaysia 2007” in The Asian Banker Achievement Awards 2007 programme.
He is a lifetime member of ANSARA Taiping and was the founding Vice- Chairman of the United Kingdom and Eire Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC). He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
Write-up: CEO Series 25 – Dato’ Yusli Yusoff, CEO of BURSA Malaysia
YCM CEO Series 25: Yusli Yusoff, CEO of BURSA Malaysia
Writing credits: Chen Chow Yeoh
Live blogging of Young Corporate Malaysians 25th CEO Series of Talk by Dato’ Yusli, CEO of Bursa Malaysia.
Early Life
Dato’ Yusli was born in Bangsar Hospital. His late father was army officer, so he used to travel a lot. However, his late father passed away when he was about 40. At that time, Dato’ Yusli was 8. His mother brought them up. At that time, they were living at MINDEF at Gurney/Semarak.
Write-up: CEO Series 24 – Arlida Ariff, CEO of Iskandar Investment Bhd
YCM CEO Series 24: Arlida Ariff, CEO of Iskandar Investment Bhd
Writing credits: Chen Chow Yeoh
Live blogging of Young Corporate Malaysians 24th CEO Series of Talk, Arlida Ariff, President and CEO of Iskandar Investment Berhad.
