Aslam, Muhammad Nadeem

(Head, Islamic Bank Meethaq, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman) Muhammad Nadeem Aslam is graduated from Oxford Brookes University, UK in Applied Accounting. Being finance professional, he is member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and Associate of Public Accountant (APA). He also holds Post-graduated Diploma (PGD) in Islamic banking from Centre of Islamic Economics, Dar-ul-Eloom, Karachi. Currently he is working with BankMuscat, Oman as Head – Islamic Banking Division having overall responsible for development and management of Islamic banking businesses including consumer, corporate, treasury, investment and funds management. By the grace of Allah (ST), he had shared a pioneering role for introduction and promotion of Islamic banking in Oman at various forums. Previously he was working as Manager Finance at Islamic banking department of Soneri Bank limited, where apart from developing a range of Islamic banking products for consumer and corporate banking customers, he has designed enterprise risk framework for Islamic banking window in line with IFSB and Basal guidelines. Before this, he has worked with Islamic financial services group (IFSG) of Ernst & Young, Pakistan as a research analyst, where he got in-depth research knowledge and experience on Islamic banking and finance products in the areas of sharia compliance inspection, statutory audit of Islamic banks and insurance companies and drafting of Islamic products manuals. In addition to this, he has written a number of research papers, articles and reports on Islamic banking and finance in various local and international magazines.