Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Mohd Azmi Omar

Professor Emeritus Dato' Dr. Mohd Azmi Omar is the President and Chief Executive Officer of INCEIF University - The Global University of Islamic Finance. Prior to his current position, he was the Director-General, Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank Group, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

He has previously worked at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), as Deputy Rector (Academic & Research), Dean of Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (IIiBF) and Dean of Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences. Concurrently, he is a member of the Shariah Advisory Committee at Securities Commission Malaysia, Bank Rakyat Malaysia, Etiqa Takaful Malaysia and MUFG Bank Malaysia and was formerly an Islamic Finance Expert Advisor to the Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (Brunei Monetary Authority). He also holds the post of Vice President of the International Association for Islamic Economics, a member of the Board of Trustees of RFI Foundation and formerly a member of the External Advisory Group for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Interdepartmental Working Committee on Islamic Finance.

Prof Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Azmi was awarded “The Most Outstanding Individual Contribution to Islamic Finance” in the KLIFF Islamic Finance Awards 2015 and “Lifetime Achievement Award in Islamic Economics and Finance” at the 3rd World Islamic Economics and Finance Conference Pakistan in 2020.

Prof Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Azmi holds a PhD in Finance from Bangor University, Wales, United Kingdom. He is also a holder of Chartered Professional in Islamic Finance qualification. Recently, he was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus during the 39th International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Convocation Ceremony in November 2023.

Prior to joining INCEIF, Dato’ Azmi was the Director General of Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) at Islamic Development Bank Group in Jeddah (Jan 2012 – Sept 2017). At IRTI, he had introduced a number of innovative policy research which culminated into flagship reports such as IRTI Islamic Social Finance Report and IsDB-World Bank Global Report on Islamic Finance. He has also advised and provided technical assistance to several IsDB member countries in their implementation of Islamic Finance.​