Meet the Scholar

Datuk Dr Mohd Daud Bakar is a globally renowned Shariah scholar, and currently the chairman of FIVE Shariah advisory councils, including at Bank Negara, the Securities Commission, and the ISRA Council of Scholars.

In 2005, he left the academic world set up Amanie Advisors -- the first global boutique Shariah advisory house for Islamic Finance.

Melisa Idris asks him about the standardization of the different interpretations of Shariah in finance and whether that hampers product innovation. Dr Daud also discusses the Sukuk market and shares his thoughts on the proposed mega Islamic bank by CIMB Group, RHB Capital and Malaysia Building Society