AL-SALAM REIT ANNUAL REPORT 2017

AL-SALĀM REIT ANNUAL REPORT 2017 29 PROFESSOR MADYA DR. AB. HALIM BIN MUHAMMAD MALAYSIAN, MALE, AGED 73 Professor Madya Dr. Ab. Halim bin Muhammad, was appointed on 9 July 2015 as a Shariah Committee Member of Al-Salām REIT. He obtained his Bachelor in Shariah from Al-Azhar University in Egypt in 1972 and subsequently obtained PROFESSOR DR. MOHAMAD @ MD. SOM BIN SUJIMON MALAYSIAN, MALE, AGED 64 Professor Dr. Mohamad @ Md. Som bin Sujimon, was appointed on 9 July 2015 as a Shariah Committee Member of Al- Salām REIT. He graduated from University of Al-Azhar, Egypt with a Bachelor of Honours from the Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence and Law in 1979. He obtained his Master of Arts in Teaching from Mississippi State University, United States of America in 1982 and completed PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Faculty of Arts in University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1997. his PhD in Shariah from St. Andrews, University of Scotland in 1977. He began his career with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as the Head of Department of Quran and Sunnah, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Lecturer at Faculty of Law Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He has served as Shariah Advisor and Shariah committee member at several corporate organisation such He began his career as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Malaya from 1983-1986 and later migrated to Brunei Darussalam whereby he was part of the team which founded 3 institutions, namely Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Universiti Islam Sultan Syarif Ali (UNISSA) and Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan. In Brunei Darussalam, he was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Shariah and Law, UNISSA as well as at the UBD and Institute of Islamic Studies Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien. He was also an Associate Professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia from 1999 to 2005. as Tabung Haji, Bank Negara Malaysia, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Takaful Nasional and Terengganu Trust Fund as well as financial institutions namely, Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad, Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad, RHB Bank Berhad and Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad. At present, he is the Shariah committee member of BankMuamalatMalaysia Berhad, Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad and Terengganu Trust Fund. He was a Senior Researcher at the International Shariah Research Academy and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Kolej Pengajian Islam Johor and member of the Shariah committee for HSBC Amanah Takaful and also member of Shariah Committee for Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad. In December 2013, he was appointed as the Chairman for the Shariah Board of Brisbane Islamic Investment Fund, an Australian regulated Islamic investment fund and Islamic finance business custodians which deals with manufacturing and services, energy and resources, real estate, solar and clean energy and live stocks. Recently he was an Associate Research Fellow at International Reseach Centre of Islamic Economics and Finance (IRCIEF), Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS).