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International Panel Members

for Special Academic Programme SHAMSUL A.B. is one of
the only three Distinguished
Professors in Malaysia to
date. Currently, he is Deputy
Chair, National Council of
BADLISYAH ABDUL Professors, Malaysia and the
GHANI is the Chief Pro-Tem Chair, Academy of
Executive Officer, Group Social Science & Humanities,
Islamic Banking Division MICHAEL J. MORLEY is Malaysia. Trained as a social
of CIMB Group. He is also Professor of Management anthropologist in Malaysia
the Chief Executive Officer at the Kemmy Business and Australia, he was a post-
and Executive Director of School, University of doctoral fellow at the CNRS,
CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad Limerick, Ireland, where Paris, in 1986. TEO KOK SEONG,
as well as the Country he has variously served as who received his PhD
Head for the Middle East Head of the Department of Since 1973, he has in linguistics from The
and Brunei for CIMB Group. Management & Marketing, researched, lectured and University of California
He holds a Bachelor of published extensively at Berkeley, is a principal
Laws degree from the on the theme ‘economic fellow and professor of
University of Leeds, United development, culture Malay sociolinguistics
Kingdom. He is an alumnus and politics,’ with an at Institute of Ethnic
of the ICLIF Leadership empirical focus on maritime
Southeast Asia & Malaysia.
He is often consulted by

Head of the Department of
Personnel & Employment
Relations and Assistant
Dean of Research. Studies (KITA), Universiti
He has held Visiting Kebangsaan Malaysia. His
and Governance Program Appointments at several works, besides focusing
and the Co-Founder of the universities, including most public and private sector on sociological issues of
UKEC. recently at IESE Business interests on matters relating Malaysia’s national and
School, Barcelona where to risk study/issues. official language, also
He has been recognised by he spent academic year
various top international 2010/11. He also comments in local include national integration
publications as ‘Islamic and international mass and inter-communication
Banker of the Year’ and In conjunction with his media, on history and endeavours in Malaysia’s
‘Top 20 Pioneer in Islamic collaborators, he has current affairs of the region, multi-ethnic society.
Finance’. He has won many published some 20 books, such as in the Al-Jazeera,
awards through the years 24 guest-edited journal National Geographic
including the ‘Outstanding special issues and over Channel, Channel News
Contribution to the Asia, BBC London, ABC
Development of Islamic 100 journal articles and Melbourne, and the
Finance’ award for his role in book chapters. Among
the global Islamic financial his recent edited volumes Wall Street Journal. For
markets. are: Manager-Subordinate successfully promoting
Asian Studies globally, he
Trust: A Global Perspective was awarded in 2008 the
(with P. Cardona) prestigious Academic Prize,
(Routledge, 2013). Fukuoka Cultural Award,
Japan, the only second
Malaysian to have received
the award since its inception
in 1990.

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