Bilal Parvaiz

Bilal Parvaiz was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Saadiq Malaysia on 15 March 2024 and is now steering the Bank’s Islamic banking business in Malaysia to greater heights by strengthening Saadiq’s leading position in the Islamic banking arena.

Bilal started his career with Standard Chartered in 2010 as part of the Group Islamic Banking team based in United Arab Emirates, where he was responsible for the Bank’s Structured Trade and Transaction Banking business across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and South Asian markets. He joined Standard Chartered Saadiq Malaysia in 2014 and led the Islamic Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) team, driving regional coverage across the ASEAN markets including Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and Indonesia.

Bilal played an instrumental role in originating landmark transactions across the GCC, South Asia and ASEAN, including market firsts such as the world’s first ESG Islamic Collateralised Commodity Murabahah transaction and Sustainable Islamic Supplier Finance. Bilal most notably spearheaded the Halal360 initiative, a key proposition that aims to expand the Halal eco-system globally.

Bilal was also the Country Champion for Sustainable Finance and represented the Bank in multiple sustainability initiatives including Value Based Intermediation (VBI) and Joint Committee on Climate Change (JC3). He also jointly led the Value Based Impact Assessment Framework (VBIAF) for the Renewable Energy sector. Owing to his expertise in Islamic Finance – the Halal economy and Sustainable Finance, he is often invited to share his views at various industry forums.

Bilal holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, and professional qualifications in Sustainable Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Sustainability Leadership Programme at the University of Cambridge, and Global Banking Leadership program at Bayes Business School London.

Bilal esteemed affiliations include being a member of the Council of the Association of Islamic and Financial Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM) and member of Value-Based Intermediation (VBI) Community of Practitioners. He is also serving as the Chairman for the VBI 4th Cohort Sectorial Guide Working Group.