The seminar began by welcoming remarks of ADFIMI Chairman Mr. Mehmet Emin Özcan and Prof. Dato Dr. Azmi Omar, Director General of IRTI.

Programme was managed by Prof. Dato Dr. Mohamed Azmi Omar, Director General IRTI, Mr. Hüseyin Cevdet Yılmaz, Chief Risk Officer, Kuveyt Türk Participation Bank and Dr. Zakaria Salah, Lead Risk management Specialist, Group Risk Management Department-IDB.

The presence of Prof. Dato Dr. Omar added a lot of value to the meeting.

The IRTI-ADFIMI Executive Program provided participants with an integrated perspective on related issues particularly the current practices of Risk Management in Islamic Banks and the future directions of Risk Management in the light of the new global regulatory frameworks and Shari’ah compliance requirements. Deliberations of Program identified the potential challenges and opportunities facing Islamic finance with regard to Risk Management.  The Program suggested initiatives, approaches and means that Islamic banks could adopt to further enhance and develop techniques of Risk Management.

There were 16 participants from 11 institutions and 6 countries.

The participants graded the two programme managers (Mr. Hüseyin Cevdet Yılmaz and Dr. Zakaria Salah) 5,5 out of 6 (corresponding to 83,3%).

25.05.2015