Bin Borhan, Joni Tamkin

Prof. Joni Tamkin Borhan, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Department of Shariah and Economics, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya. Prof. Borhan was a Member of the National Shariah Advisory Council on Islamic Banking and Takaful (NSAC) at National Accreditation Board (LAN) from 1999 to 2004. He served as the Head of Department of Shariah & Management at University of Malaya. His areas of specialization are Islamic banking, Islamic transactions and Islamic economics. He has been Member of Shariah Committee at RHB Bank Berhad since April 1, 2005. He is a Member of Shariah Committee of RHB Investment Management Sdn Bhd. He serves as a Member of Group Shariah Committee of RHB Capital Berhad. He serves as Member of Shariah Committee at RHB Islamic Bank Berhad. He was Fellow at the Religious Department at Victoria University of Wellington He has published and written numerous books, articles and journals. He also sits as a speaker for various workshops and conferences in various fields in Islamic Banking. Prof. Borhan was educated at University of Malaya, where he obtained a B.Sh. (Shariah) in 1990. He has been teaching at the University of Malaya since 1997 both at postgraduate and undergraduate levels and successfully supervised more than 80 postgraduate thesis and dissertations. He has served as Senate Member, Deputy Director of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Degrees and Head of Shariah and Economics Department at the Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya. He served as Member of National Shariah Advisory Council on Islamic Banking and Takaful from 1999 to 2004, Visiting Professor of Edinburgh University from January to October 2010. He was Fellow at University of Leiden, Holland June to September 2004 and Fellow at Religious Department at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand since May 2002. He also received a Masters degree in Islamic Economics from University of Malaya in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Islamic Banking from Edinburgh, Scotland in 1997.