INCEIF
A: INCEIF-The Global University
of Islamic Finance
Lorong University A,
59100 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
T: (603) 7651 4000
F: (603) 7651 4071
E: marketing@inceif.org
W: www.inceif.org

The global Islamic Finance industry grows by leaps and bounds annually. Measured as at 1H 2013 asset size came to around USD 1.6 trillion (IFSB Islamic Financial Stability Report 2014). Without a shadow of doubt, the growth is continuing to put tremendous pressures on the human capital supply chain to support the various components of Islamic Finance.

The human capital supply chain in Islamic Finance is increasingly being served by a plethora of programmes delivered by a growing number of education and training providers. More universities are embarking on Islamic finance courses in addition to traditional programmes in Shariah, Islamic Jurisprudence and Fiqh Muamalat. Away from the brick and mortar set-up, online training and education providers offer short to medium term duration certificate courses in one or more areas of specialisation.

A relatively unchartered water in Islamic Finance education is the provision of quality and industry relevant Executive Education (EE). This road is well treaded in conventional finance offered by globally renowned business schools. Executive Education offerings in Islamic Finance is currently restricted to short 1 to 2 day programmes with coverage specific to a particular topic like Sukuk or Islamic banking. These programmes are mostly technical in approach focussed on the how’s’ and the what’s’.

INCEIF befitting its vision to become the knowledge leader in Islamic finance sees its role in Executive Education (EE) as going beyond the current scope and has embarked in rolling out its inaugural Executive School in Islamic Finance to be held from 9 – 15 August 2015 in Kuala Lumpur. This intensive seven-day programme, is designed to deliver industry relevant Executive Education in Islamic Finance. The programme is ideal for senior executives, board members and those responsible for shaping the direction, mission, policies and major programmes of their organisations be it Islamic or conventional Financial Institutions, central banks, regulatory bodies and industry-related agencies.

The programme sees definite value-creating linkages between the various commercial components of Islamic Finance and thus it covers areas namely Islamic banking, Islamic capital market, Sukuk, Takaful, Islamic wealth management etc. At the same time, the programme also deals with the foundation and infrastructural grounding of Islamic finance tackling pervasive issues confronting the Islamic finance industry namely Shariah, regulation/ supervision, legal, taxation, technology and human capital development.

Amongst the topics to be covered are:-

The programme is designed to combine both academic rigor and industry relevance by INCEIF bringing together the crop of industry leaders combined with the crème of INCEIF’s own faculty. To date we have lined up over 30 speakers who are leaders in their own respective organizations who will be sharing their vision, strategies and critical insights into Islamic finance. This line-up include senior management of Islamic banks, takaful companies, regulators, supervisors, consulting firms as well as members of the legal fraternity. Meanwhile INCEIF’s faculty members will be sharing the load in providing fresh academic insights through knowledge sharing sessions and presentation of research findings.

The seven days programme will be filled by a series of activities in terms of presentations and panel/roundtable discussion. A business networking session has also been planned to allow participants to network amongst themselves and with the major stakeholders in the industry.

In essence participants for the upcoming Executive School may expect to develop new critical insights into the business of Islamic finance. By interacting with industry leaders, they will be able to gain a strategic appreciation of Islamic finance with a view of formulating initiatives for their own organizations. Interactions with other participants over the length of the programme is also expected to bore out potential areas of collaboration within Islamic Finance to open up new business opportunities.