Kemal Rizadi Arbi has 30 years of global experience in the financial services and corporate sector involved in Islamic finance, investment banking, corporate finance, fund management, sustainable finance, fintech, virtual assets, and as a regulator, policymaker and strategic developer of capital markets (including the Islamic capital market) in the Middle East and Asian region.

He is currently an Advisor with the government of Oman and has been with the Executive President and Vice President’s Office at the Capital Market Authority (Oman CMA) since 2013, which regulates and develops the financial industry in Oman relating to the capital market and insurance sectors (both conventional and Islamic). He has been involved in the development of the Islamic capital market in Oman from the very beginning since the introduction of Islamic finance.

Prior to joining the Oman CMA, he had established initiatives for the development of the Malaysian and ASEAN+3 capital markets (including Islamic capital markets), through various senior positions at the SC.

He had also advised the Board of Directors of PLCs in various industries on corporate transactions, while working as a senior corporate and investment banker at the Maybank and Avenue Capital Resources Bhd group (previously owned by the Minister of Finance (Incorporated) Malaysia). In addition, he had been a Board Member of an asset management company previously owned by the Johor Corporation involved in fund management.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Iowa, US as a JPA scholar. He also holds an MBA (Finance) from the International Islamic University Malaysia and Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) master’s degree from the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance University (INCEIF University), Malaysia.