Dato’ Professor Dr Noor Inayah Ya’akub 
Independent Non-Executive Chairman

Dato’ Professor Dr Noor Inayah Ya’akub (D.S.P.N.) was appointed as the Chairman of AmanahRaya Trustees Berhad on 1 March 2022. She is the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a Member of Audit and Review Company Committee, Board Risk and Integrity Management Committee, Shariah Advisory and Supervisory Council of Amanah Raya Berhad as well as the Board of Trustee of Yayasan AmanahRaya. She has been the Director of Amanah Raya Berhad since 1 April 2019.

Dato’ Professor Dr. Noor Inayah holds a double degree of a Bachelor of Shariah Law (Hons) and Bachelor of Law (Hons) Degree from the International Islamic University Malaysia. She obtained her LLM (Master of Comparative Civil & Banking Law) from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom and she received a PhD in Law from the Faculty of Law, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. She is a resource expert on waqf in Malaysia and at the international level.

She received the 5th QS-Apple-Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education Expert Certificate in 2009. During the same year, she also received an Advanced Certificate in Technology Transfer and Project Management from the University of Oxford. In 2012, she received the United Nation Professional Certificate for Selected Higher Learning Corporate Planning Leaders for University Research and Teaching Components. In 2019, she then received an Advanced Certificate for Leaders in Education, Innovation and Strategy for the future of Higher Education, School of Executive Education, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

Dato’ Professor Dr. Noor Inayah was awarded as the Best Business Law Professor by the Golden Globe Tigers Award Malaysia 2019, an association of the world federation of education and academic institution. In the same year, she was awarded the prestigious Tokoh Maal Hijrah Wilayah Persekutuan for the scholar category. She was also ranked Number 22 in the Top 300 Most Influential Women for Islamic Finance by UK Cambridge Financial Association for two consecutive years, in 2019 and 2020.

Dato’ Professor Dr. Noor Inayah is the President and Vice-Chancellor of Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur since 1 July 2021. She previously served as the Chief Executive Officer /Rector of BaitulMal Professional College, wholly owned by Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan, and the Professor (Comparative Law & Shariah) as well as the Director of Centre for Corporate Planning & Leadership at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

She has vast experience in academic fields. Her areas of interest include Islamic Law, Islamic finance, Takaful & Insurance Law, Equity & Trust Law and Business Law and Ethics. She has published various impactful research papers and articles as policy papers for waqf economic development at the international level.

She currently sits on the Board of International Islamic College of Technology Penang, owned by the State Religious Council.

Dato’ Haji Che Pee bin Samsudin 
Independent, Non-Executive Director

Dato’ Haji Che Pee bin Samsudin was appointed to the Board of AmanahRaya Trustees Berhad on 7 March 2019 as an Independent, Non-Executive Director. He also serves as Committee Member of the Audit, Compliance and Risk Management Committee. He was subsequently appointed as Independent, Non-Executive Chairman of the Company on 1 October 2019. He has been Director of Amanah Raya Berhad since 2 March 2011 and also a Board Member of a several subsidiaries of Amanah Raya Berhad Group.

He holds a Bachelors Degree (honours) in Accounting and is a Member of the Chartered Accountant (CA) of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

He has experience in accounting and finance, having started his career as an Accountant in Government services in 1982. 

His experience includes serving at various Government Departments including the Ministry of Finance, Langkawi Development Authority (LADA), Malaysia Institute of Islamic Understanding (IKIM), the Economic Planning Unit in the Prime Minister's Department and in Perbendaharaan State of Kedah where he served as Treasurer for nine (9) years.

On 5 January 2015 he was appointed the Accountant General Malaysia.

Datuk Ismail bin Kamaruddin
Independent Non-Executive Director

Datuk Ismail bin Kamaruddin was appointed to the Board of AmanahRaya Trustees Berhad on 10 March 2021 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He serves as a Member of the Audit, Compliance & Risk Management Committee of AmanahRaya Trustees Berhad and is also a Board Member of AmanahRaya Investment Management Sdn Bhd.

He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Cum Laude) double major in Management and General Business from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and a Master of International Business Administration from United States International University, San Diego, California, USA.

Datuk Ismail is an experienced Banker with more than 30 years serving foreign multinational bank and local banks having had leadership roles in Commercial, Consumer and Development Banking. His areas of expertise includes Corporate Governance, Strategic Planning, Investments, SME Development, Enterprise Risk Management, Compliance, Credit Management and Audit.

He began his career in the academia as a lecturer at MARA University of Technology (“UiTM”). He then joined Standard Chartered Bank as a Management Trainee and later served as Branch Manager, Senior Audit Manager and Head Services, Peninsular Malaysia. He was also exposed to the bank's global operations having had audited their operations across countries in the Asia-Pacific and African region. Thereafter in SME Bank, he was the Director/Group Chief Internal Auditor and had also served as Head Business Banking, Head Corporate Management and Head Risk Management.

Previously, he was appointed as Chairman of BI Walden Ventures Ketiga Sdn Bhd, Chairman of the Investment Committee of SME GAF Sdn Bhd and a Board Member of BI Walden Management Ketiga Sdn Bhd, subsidiaries of SME Bank.

Datuk Ismail is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Management and the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia.

Dato’ Ahmad Suhaimi Bin Endut
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato’ Ahmad Suhaimi bin Endut was appointed as Non-Independant Non-Executive Director of AmanahRaya Trustees Berhad on 20 November 2019. He is also serves as a Board Member of Amanah Raya Berhad since 14 July 2015 & Risk Management Committee of AmanahRaya Trustees Berhad and is also a Board Member of AmanahRaya Investment Management Sdn Bhd.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of Missouri St. Louis, USA and a Master in Business Administration from University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

He began his career with private company in 1992 before joining the Administrative and Diplomatic Service in 1995 as an Assistant Director of Industries Division in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia (MITI). He continued his service with the Ministry of Finance in 2003 and held various positions in several departments/divisions including Accountant General Department, Strategic Financial Management Division, Office of the Secretary General of Treasury, Investment, MOF (Inc) and Privatisation Division, Secretariat to the Tax Review Panel and Housing Loan Division.

He presently sits on the Board of Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd and Syarikat Perumahan Pegawai Kerajaan Sdn Bhd.

Haliza Aini Binti Othman
Independent, Non-Executive Director

Haliza Aini Binti Othman was appointed to the Board of AmanahRaya Trustees Berhad on 20 January 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She serves as a Member of the Audit and Risk Management and Compliance Committee of AmanahRaya Trustees Berhad and is also a Board Member of AmanahRaya Investment Management Sdn Bhd. She graduated with an advanced Diploma in law from the Institute Technology of MARA.

Haliza began her career as a Magistrate upon joining the Judicial and Legal Service in January 1989 before being appointed a Federal Counsel in the Civil Division of the Attorney General's Chambers, and later in her career, as a Principal Assistant Director of the Judicial and Legal Training Institute (ILKAP). She was also a Legal Advisor of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry from 2003 till 2009. She was then appointed the Section Head of International Trade and Finance in the International Affairs Division in April 2009 and subsequently, the Deputy Head of the International Affairs Division. Thereafter, she was appointed as the Head of the International Affairs Division of the Attorney General's Chambers Malaysia until her retirement in December of 2021.

Haliza specializes in international trade, investment, and finance. In her extensive career as a trade negotiator, Haliza has led the Malaysian delegation in the legal working groups for numerous free trade agreement negotiations including the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPP”) and Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (“CPTPP”), the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the Malaysia-EU Partnership Cooperation Agreement and the recently concluded Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (“RCEP”). She also supervised and assisted policy stakeholders in formulating Malaysia's positions in the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding Review process.

In her role as Head of the International Affairs Division, she also headed the legal team in international disputes involving the Government of Malaysia in international arbitrations and tribunals as well as national courts of third State.

Haliza had dealt in other areas of International Law including environmental and labour issues, and sustainable development. She has also in the past dealt in international cooperation to combat transnational crimes through mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and extradition.

Haliza retired from Government service on 11 December 2021. Previously, Haliza was a Director of Amanah Raya Berhad.