YBhg. Dr. Yusri Mohamad

Dr. Yusri currently serves as a Shariah advisor and consultant in various capacities. He currently appointed as a Chairman of Shariah Committee at FWD Takaful, Chairman of Kolej Professional Baitulmal Kuala Lumpur, Board of Director of Pusat Wakaf Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (MAIWP), Legal Assistant at Nuaim Razak & Partners and member of Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (MAIWP) and Majlis Fatwa Wilayah Persekutuan. In the past, he was an Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He has held leading posts at the Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (YADIM) from 2014 to 2018, an Independent Director and member of the Shariah Committee at Zurich Takaful (2007–2020) and Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (2013–2015). He obtained a double major in Law and the Shariah at the International Islamic University Malaysia (1995-1996). He then completed his Masters in Law (LL.M) at The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London in 1997. He obtained his Ph.D in Laws at International Islamic University Malaysia in 2010 with a thesis on Contemporary Ijtihad. His areas of specialisation are Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic and Malaysian Constitutional Law and Islamic Finance.