Ahmad Shahriman Mohd Shariff was appointed Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Islamic Bank on 1 October 2019 and heads the Group Islamic Banking business of CIMB Group that includes Islamic wholesale banking, Islamic consumer banking, Islamic commercial banking and Islamic asset management and investment across the key markets of Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Shahriman has over two decades of experience in the corporate and financial service sectors, of which 17 years were in Islamic Banking and Finance-related leadership roles. He played an active role in the development of Malaysia’s Islamic banking industry, with a longstanding role in the Treasury committee of the Association of Islamic Banks in Malaysia (AIBIM). In this capacity, he was involved in instrumental industry initiatives such as developing, amongst others, a commodity exchange for Islamic finance purposes, Islamic structured products, documentation standards for Islamic derivatives as well as an Islamic credit support mechanism.
