User:Mahadzir

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Mahadzir bin Ahmad, born 1965, is an Islamic finance analyst and a certified ISLAMIC FINANCIAL PLANNER™. He holds a BBA (Finance) from the University of Toledo, USA and an MBA (Islamic Banking and Finance) from the International Islamic University Malaysia. At present, he is attached to HeiTech i-Solutions Sdn Bhd as Islamic Finance Senior Consultant and is involved in developing IT systems for the Islamic finance industry, in particular the Islamic Wealth Management module. He is also pursuing a PhD in Islamic Finance at INCEIF, KL.

He was the Program Manager of Islamic Financial Planner (IFP) for Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM), a non-profit organisation with a mission to raise the standards of competency and ethical practice of qualified Financial Planners in Malaysia and to educate the public on the benefits of financial planning.

He was attached to FPAM for 4 years, since March 2005. His work at FPAM includes modules development, managing trainers, conducting classes, setting examinations, marketing, university liaison and other strategic developments of the IFP. The 6-module IFP qualification was recognized by the Securities Commission for financial planning license in April 2008.

He gives talk to private groups, teaches in the IFP program and writes regularly in the Islamic financial planning column of Personal Money, a Kuala Lumpur-based magazine and in the Global Islamic Finance Resources discussion group at LinkedIn.com, and can be found at http://my.linkedin.com/in/mahadzirahmad

This profile is dated Nov 2009.