Datuk Noripah Kamso
Datuk Noripah is Chairman (Designate) of Arabesque Malaysia. Arabesque Holding PLC is a London based sustainability FinTech company. She was a banker for 30 years. She previously served as chairman of Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia, advisor to CIMB Islamic Wholesale Banking, and CEO of CIMB Futures. She was the founding CEO of CIMB Principal Islamic Asset Management and pioneered the listing of the world’s first regional ASEAN ETF.
The common good and shared values in finance that apply to the principles of Islam, Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability, are universal values close to Datuk Noripah’s heart. It is with this passion that Datuk Noripah and her husband co-taught Islamic finance at Drake University, USA, and they currently lecture at St Joseph University, Lebanon. Alongside her position as Global Advisory Board Member of IFN (Islamic Finance News), she was also a visiting Fellow in Islamic Finance at Oxford Center for Islamic Studies (OCIS), University of Oxford, UK, from 2016-2017.
Datuk Noripah wrote the globally acclaimed book “Investing in Islamic Funds. A Practitioner’s Perspective”; and was recognised as the most influential woman in Islamic Business and Finance by Cambridge International Financial Advisory in 2019.
She has global leadership and is a business driver in investment banking, commercial banking, global Islamic capital market with deep experience in Asset management, Islamic banking supported by being lecturer in Fundamentals of Islamic Finance Contracts and sustainability financial technology as data providers based on Artificial Intelligence( AI), ESG & data assets .
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Datuk Noripah Kamso
- investment banking
- commercial banking
- global islamic capital market with deep experience in Asset management
- islamic banking supported by being lecturer in Fundamentals of Islamic Finance Contracts
- Sustainability financial technology as data providers based on Artificial Intelligence( AI), ESG & data assets .
- Masters in Business Administration: Majoring in Marketing. Marshal University , West Virginia, US
- Bachelor of Science: Majoring in Management. Northern Illinois University USA
- Diploma in Business Studies. University Institute Technology Malaysia
Malaysian Futures & Options Registered Representative, Securities Commission Malaysia ( MFORR )
- The most Influential Women in Islamic Business and Finance (2019)
- Top 50 of the World’s Most Prominent and Influential Personalities in Islamic Finance & Economy by ISLAMICA 500 (2016 – 2018).
- Top 10 Women in Islamic Finance by Islamic Business & Finance (2013).
- Two-time winner of the “Marketing Personality of the Year” award (for 2006 & 2005) by Asia Asset Management for the Asia Pacific region,
- CEO of The Year for Malaysia (2007) and Personal Achievement award for contribution to Islamic asset management by International Takaful Summit, London (2012).
- Chairman (Designate) of Arabesque Malaysia
- Member of the Honor Society for International Scholars, PHI BETA DELTA –Zeta Gamma Chapter, Northern Illinois University.
- Board of Director of Top Glove Corporation Berhad
- Board of Director of SWIFT Haulage Berhad
- Board of Director of DXN Holding Berhad
- Global Advisory Board member of IFN (Islamic Finance News),
- Joint-Chairman of Islamic Finance Industry Council, Malaysia US Chamber Of Commerce, based in Washington DC.
- Former Chairman of BIMB Investment Management Berhad
- Former Appeal Committee member, Securities Commission of Malaysia.
- Former Past President of the Malaysian Futures Brokers Association (MFBA).
- Former Chairman of Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia (Bank Rakyat)
- Former Visiting Fellow in Islamic Finance at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
- Former Global Practitioner in Residence in the Center for Global Citizenship of Principal Financial Group, U.S.
- Former Advisor to CIMB Islamic
- Founding Chief Executive of CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management Sdn Bhd.
- Author of “Investing in Islamic Funds. A Practitioner’s Perspective” published by Wiley & Sons New York
- Since 2013 she continues to lecture Fundamentals of Islamic Finance Contracts to practicing lawyers who are pursuing Masters in Law in St Joseph University Beirut, Lebanon.
- Universiti Utara Malaysia and UITM has continued to honor her as an Adjunct Professor under their School of Economic, Finance & Banking.
- Successfully established a global platform for the firm to extend its reach to UK, Europe, GCC, Asia, USA and Australia. The firm acts as a global partner to global institutional investors.
- Pioneered the listing of the world’s first Regional ASEAN Exchange Traded Fund, “CIMB ASEAN 40 ETF” listed in Singapore in 2007.
35 years