AL-SALAM REIT ANNUAL REPORT 2018

AL-SALĀM REIT ANNUAL REPORT 2018 27 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. 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. He was a Senior Researcher at the International Shariah Research Academy and is currently the Chief Executive Oicer 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 inance business custodians which deals with manufacturing and services, energy and resources, real estate, solar and clean energy and live stocks. He is then being appointed as Shariah Adviser for Taupo Islamic Centre, Auckland, New Zealand since 2016 until present. Recently he was an Associate Research Fellow at International Reseach Centre of Islamic Economics and Finance (IRCIEF), Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS). Professor Dr. Mohamad @ Md. Som bin Sujimon Malaysian, Male Aged 65 Rohaya Binti Jaafar (LS0008376) Jamalludin bin Kalam (LS0002710) Company Secretaries