Educated at the Universities of Manchester and Leeds, UK, Prof. Dr. Mansur Masih joined INCEIF as a Professor of Finance and Econometrics in July 2010.  Prior to that he held the positions of “Tun Ismail Ali Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance and Investment”, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM); “Bumiputra Commerce Bank Chair Professor of Finance and Banking”, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM); “ Saudi Aramco Chair Professor of Energy Economics”, King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia and taught at the Australian and British Universities for a total of 27 years. He has had 82 refereed “applied” papers published (of which 72 papers are in European/American international scholarly refereed journals). Some of these journals are ranked within the top ten finance journals in the world. He presented 81 invited papers at international conferences and has had more than 1850 citations so far.

Full CV of Prof. Mansur Masih can be downloaded here.

Haji Abd Rani Lebai Jaafar (“Haji Abd Rani”) was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director (CEO/MD) of RHB Islamic Bank on 14 February 2011.

Haji Abd Rani holds an MBA from University of New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America (USA) and is a Charter Member of Certified Risk Professional, Operation & Credit (CRP), BAI Centre for Certification, USA. He also attended the Global Leadership Development Summer Programme (GLDP) in Boston, USA in 2010.

Haji Abd Rani was previously the Deputy CEO of Affin Islamic Bank Berhad (Affin Islamic Bank). Prior to being appointed as the Deputy CEO of Affin Islamic Bank, Haji Abd Rani held various management positions at Affin Bank Berhad.

Haji Abd Rani started his career in 1979 with Hanafiah, Raslan Mohammad & Associates as an Auditor. He ventured into banking in 1985, when he joined Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad as an Account Relationship Manager in the Corporate Banking Division. He joined Affin Bank Berhad as Branch Manager in 1989.