Hurriyah El Islamy

Background

About Hurriyah El Islamy

Dr Hurriyah El Islamy is Bank Indonesia Award Winner as the Best National and Global Islamic Finance Activist/Proponent and the first recipient of the Anugerah Tokoh Alumni (awarded by IIUM) who is the CEO and Founder of HGC Firm. She serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of RFI Foundation and the Board of Directors Ethis Global. She is also pleno member of the Indonesia National Shariah Council of MUI, AAOIFI Master Trainer, FAA certified Assessor, IFN Global Advisory Board member, Shariah Board Member and Strategic Advisor of Islamic Fintech Alliance. She was the Executive Board of Badan Pengelola Keuangan Haji Indonesia (Presidential Decree 74/2017), the IsDB’s APIF Supervisory Committee, IMF expert in Islamic Finance and a member of the Islamic Finance Advisory Council of the AIFC. With over two decades of experience globally, she served, among others, as Director, Group Head Shariah and Governance and Group Legal - Islamic Banking and Capital Markets of CIMB Group; Director, Head of Legal Capinnova Investment Bank; Head of AML and Compliance and Legal Counsel Kuwait Finance House Bahrain; Chairperson, Audit and Legal Committee of Bahrain Associations of Banks, Senior Consultant Qays Zu’bi Attorneys and Legal Consultants and the Legal Consultant to the President of the Central Informatics Organisation of Bahrain. She is a GMCA awardee of Judge Business School, University of Cambridge (UK) and was trained in Leadership in General Counsel (2019) and Negotiation and Leadership (2012) by Harvard Law School, received multiple academic awards including from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, graduated as the Best Overall LLB student from International Islamic University Malaysia, wrote multiple publications in several disciplines including Islamic finance and was IFN Correspondence on Legal Frameworks. In addition to being a practitioner with impact, she had also drafted laws and regulations for several countries that drew the face and the state of those nations today. Despite the intensity of her contributions to the industry, her contributions and legacy in form of academic publications, public speech, etc. are equally as strong. The awards, her high-level appointment and prestige engagement worldwide speak for her repute and track record.