Executive Vice President and Head of Shariah, Maybank Islamic

Muhd Ramadhan Fitri Bin Ellias

He is currently the Executive Vice President and the Head of Shariah Management at Maybank Islamic Berhad. As the Head of Shariah Manangement, En. Ramadhan oversees all Shariah related matters pertaining to retail, business and corporate banking, treasury, debt market, equity markets and asset management within Maybank Group. He is also overseeing Maybank Islamic’s zakat and wakaf-based programs.

Prior to Maybank Islamic, En. Ramadhan served as Senior Manager at Islamic Markets, Maybank Investment Bank. He also formerly served as a Manager in Shariah Advisory at RHB Islamic Shariah. En. Ramadhan started his career as an Assistant Lecturer of Islamic Economy at University of Malaya.

He has presented several papers at local and international conferences and he is a regular contributor to Islamic banking column in few local newspapers. He also appears in several television programs to talk about various topics related to Islamic finance.

En. Ramadhan holds a Bachelors in Shariah (Fiqh and Usul) (1st class honour) from the University of Malaya and a Masters of Fiqh and Usul Fiqh from the International Islamic University Malaysia.