Azlin advises on banking and finance matters, with a focus on Islamic financing. She has extensive experience on both conventional and Islamic financing transactions, handling a variety of matters for retail and corporate clients, representing both the borrowers and financial institutions. Originally from Kuala Lumpur, Azlin practiced in Kuala Lumpur for a number of years before relocating to the United Arab Emirates, where she spent over a decade working primarily on Islamic financing matters. She is now a senior associate in Herbert Smith Freehills, Kuala Lumpur and specialises in Islamic financing. She handles bilateral and syndicated financing, including project financing and private debt securities as well as Islamic trust certificates (Sukuk). She is also highly experienced in structuring and drafting corporate and retail Islamic products for banks and financial institutions, and the documentation for such products have been widely adopted in the United Arab Emirates, and prior to that, Malaysia and Singapore. She has also assisted clients in their corporate debt restructuring exercises as well as acting as local counsel for numerous cross border transactions which require advice from a United Arab Emirates perspective. She was seconded to one of the local banks in the United Arab Emirates to assist in the setting up of their new legal department, which has given her a greater insight on the commercial and operational requirements of the clients.

Dinagaran Chandra (Dina) is the Co-Head of Sustainability Services at RAM Consultancy Services. He is a graduate of University of Melbourne, Australia with a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Biotechnology. His honours research focused on studying the feasibility of phytoremediation in treating heavy metal contaminants in polluted soils. He holds the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential issued by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). He is also a member of Institute of Internal Auditor with a Certification in Control Self-Assessment. Since joining RAM Consultancy in late 2016, he has been actively involved in RAM’s development of sustainability solutions for the broader finance and impact investment community. He pioneered RAM’s Green Bond Second Opinion Assessment approach. He is also a member of the International Capital Market Association’s New Markets Taskforce for the development of green bonds in emerging economies.

Meor has progressively developed Bond Pricing Agency Malaysia’s (BPAM) core business to become the principal source of valuation and data reference on the Malaysian Sukuk and Bond market. He continues to reinforce BPAM's position as a specialist in valuation and to expand its reach with its stable of innovative products, providing world class data in keeping with Malaysia's leading position in the global Sukuk market. He has written a number of articles for various journals on credit as well as valuation issues. He is also viewed as a subject-matter-expert and has been engaged by many institutions including regulators to conduct lectures and training. He is also a FAA Accreditation Panel member. As a panel member, his role is to provide input on the various learning initiatives within the Finance Services Industry. Recently, he was appointed as an Adjunct Lecturer with Universiti Teknologi Petronas. He has a Masters of Business Administration with specialisation in Finance from the International Islamic University, Malaysia. He also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Kent in Canterbury, United Kingdom. Prior to this position, he has been with Rating Agency Malaysia, Malaysia's first rating agency, since 1994 and his last posting was Head of Financial Institutions Ratings division. He was also a central banker with Bank Negara Malaysia between 1992 and 1994.

Dr. Mohammad Mahbubi Ali is head of economics, finance, awqaf and zakat unit cum research fellow at the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia. He also serves as a Shariah committee member of Affin Islamic Bank. Previously, he was a researcher at the International Shariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA). During his stint at ISRA, he had contributed to numerous ISRA’s research publications, mainly involving in the drafting of BNM Shariah Standards. He also served as Shariah consultant for ZICO Shariah Advisory Bhd and Roosdiono & Partners, Jakarta. He was a lecturer at the University of Kuala Lumpur and Unitar International University. He received a PhD in Islamic Banking and Finance from the IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, Malaysia. He holds a bachelor degree in Shariah Business and Financial Management from the Islamic Business School, Tazkia Indonesia and Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) from INCEIF, The Global University in Islamic Finance, Malaysia.

Raja Amir joined HSBC Debt Capital markets team in November 2010. He is responsible for advising and structuring integrated MYR Bond and Islamic financing solutions for Malaysian corporates, government linked corporations and financing institutions, multinationals and foreign issuers, which covers the full spectrum of fixed income instruments encompassing domestic and international bonds and syndicated loans, Islamic and conventional, structured capital markets, asset backed solutions and Sukuk issuance of multiple currencies such as MYR, USD, SGD, RMB, HKD, JPY and EUR via a standalone basis or establishment of Multi-currency programme.

Selected landmark transactions involved: Republic of Indonesia USD3bn Sukuk (2017 and 2018 – World’s first Green Sukuk), HK SAR USD Sukuk (2017 and 2018), Tenaga Nasional Berhad USD750mn Sukuk (2016 and 2018), HSBC Amanah Malaysia Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Sukuk MYR500mn (Worlds First SDG Sukuk -2018), UEM Sunrise MYR700mn (2017 and 2018) Sukuk, Sime Darby Consent Solicitation Exercise USD800mn (First Tender and Consent exercise from Malaysia), Celcom MYR1bn Sukuk, UEM Edgenta MYR300mn Sukuk, Axiata USD500mn Sukuk, Government of Malaysia USD Sukuk Wakalah (2011, 2015 and 2016) and EXIM Malaysia USD Sukuk (2013 and 2016).