Dato’ Mohd Fadzli Yusof

Takaful/Retakaful Specialist

Chairman of Pintar Learning Sdn Bhd, an e-learning provider accredited in the U.S. , Europe and Australia and a member of the Board of Directors of Heitech Padu Berhad, a company listed on the main board of the Malaysian Exchange. He currently sits on the Islamic Council of the State of Negeri Sembilan and formerly member of the Islamic Council of the State of Trengganu. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Arab-Malaysian Takaful Company, a Jeddah-based Takaful operator, and Amana Takaful of Sri Lanka. He currently sits on the advisory committee for Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), a subsidiary of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB).

He retired as the Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia’s pioneer takaful operator, Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad (Takaful Malaysia) in 2005. Under his stewardship, assets of Takaful Malaysia grew to RM 2.4 Billion. He led Takaful Malaysia in 2001 to be the first takaful company listed on Main Board of Bursa Malaysia. Takaful Malaysia was accorded ‘Best Provider for Takaful Services’ in 2004 by Euromoney, a London-based financial publication. Prior to joining Takaful Malaysia, he was a senior management of Malaysian National Insurance Bhd, then the largest insurance group in Malaysia. He was a member of the Special Task Force Committee set up by the Malaysian Government to formulate the regulatory and market framework for takaful industry in Malaysia.

Widely regarded as the man responsible for developing the country’s takaful industry into what it is today, his contributions to global Islamic finance included providing primary assistance in establishment of takaful operators in Brunei, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia. As founder chairman of Asean Takaful Group, he established the foundation for technical and business cooperation among the regional Takaful operators. Takaful Malaysia established its subsidiary, Asean Retakaful International (L) Ltd (ARIL), arguably the world’s first full-fledged dedicated retakaful company. Under his chairmanship from 1997 to 2005, not only ARIL’s shareholding base has been expanded internationally, ARIL has transformed itself into a global-based retakaful Company that offers retakaful services to more than 40 takaful operators across the globe.

He was a member of the Board of Trustees of AAOIFI (the international Islamic accounting standards body) and also served the Task Force on Islamic Finance of the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority from 2002 to 2005. He holds a Diploma in Communication, Advertising and Marketing from a leading institution in the U.K.

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