Kuala Lumpur, 18 January 2016 – The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) is organising an Industry Engagement (IE) Session on 28 January 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The IE Session aims to discuss the global outlook of Islamic finance, and to provide an interactive platform for communication between the key players of the Islamic financial services industry (IFSI), from among the IFSB member and non-member organisations, and the IFSB Secretariat.
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), a Full and Founding Member of the IFSB will host the IE Session, and the Opening Remarks will be delivered by H.E. Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor of BNM. This will be followed by a presentation on the Global Outlook of Islamic Finance: Stability, Resilience and the Role of the IFSB by Mr. Jaseem Ahmed, Secretary-General of the IFSB. Mr. Zahid ur Rehman Khokher, Assistant Secretary-General of the IFSB, will then present on Stakeholders Engagement in Supporting the Islamic Financial Services Industry’s Sound Development. The IE Session will conclude with an Interactive Session in which member organisations and industry stakeholders are encouraged to interact and exchange views with the IFSB Secretary-General and Senior Management team on the relevant/current issues facing the IFSI, as well as the work programme of the IFSB, which may also include issues relating to the IFSB membership.
The IE Session aims to provide a platform for engagement and interaction, as well as exchange of views, among the industry leaders and stakeholders in Malaysia and the Asian region. Participants of the previous IE Sessions have included key players of the IFSI, especially members of the IFSB from among regulatory and supervisory authorities, international inter-governmental organisations and institutions offering Islamic financial services.
This will be the second of four IE Sessions planned in 2016. The first IE Session was held in Bahrain, on 10 January 2016 that was hosted by the Central Bank of Bahrain.
For queries and participation, please contact the IFSB Secretariat, Mr. Ifran Tarmizi at [email protected]. For more information and registration, please visit www.ifsb.org.
