Malaysian bank MBSB names first Chief Shariah and Sustainability Officer
"This dual responsibility underscores MBSB’s ambition to lead the way in integrating shariah principles with sustainability."
Malaysian financial group MBSB has named Ashraf Gomma Ali as its first Group Chief Shariah and Sustainability Officer in an effort to integrate sustainability and Islamic finance.
Gomma Ali joined the bank on August 1 after three years as Managing Director of Ihsan Advisory, an ESG consultancy for the Islamic finance ecosystem. Before that, he worked as a consultant on Islamic banking for financial institutions at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington, DC.
