Al-`Aqar Healthcare REIT Annual Report 2019

PROFESSOR DR. MOHAMAD @ MD. SOM BIN SUJIMON Shariah Committee Member 66 | Male Malaysian Qualification(s) • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Faculty of Arts in University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom • Master of Arts in Teaching Mississippi State University, United States of America • Bachelor of Honours from the Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence and Law University of Al-Azhar, Egypt Date of Appointment 20 May 2013 Working Experience He began his career as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Malaya from 1983 to 1986 and later migrated to Brunei Darussalam whereby he was part of the team which founded 3 institutions, namely Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Universiti Islam Sultan Syarif Ali (UNISSA) and Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan. In Brunei Darussalam, he was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Shariah and Law, UNISSA as well as at the UBD and Institute of Islamic Studies Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien. He was also an Associate Professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia from 1999 to 2005. He was a Senior Researcher at the International Shariah Research Academy and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Kolej Pengajian Islam Johor and member of the Shariah committee for HSBC Amanah Takaful and also member of Shariah Committee for Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad. In December 2013, he was appointed as the Chairman for the Shariah Board of Brisbane Islamic Investment Fund, an Australian regulated Islamic investment fund and Islamic finance business custodians which deals with manufacturing and services, energy and resources, real estate, solar and clean energy and live stocks. He is then being appointed as Shariah Advisor for Taupo Islamic Centre Auckland, New Zealand since 2016 until present. He was an Associate Research Fellow at International Research Centre of Islamic Economics and Finance (IRCIEF), Kolej UniversitiIslam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS). At present, he is the dean of Ulum Shariyyah Faculty of Islamic Sciences International University Madinah (MEDIU) located in Taman Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur. Al-`Aqar Healthcare REIT 02 DRIVING FORCE 33