Abdulla is the Acting Sharia Review & Auditor for the Insurance Division at Shariyah Review Bureau’s Islamic Insurance practice. Since joining us in 2021, he has focused on providing Sharia assurance to clients worldwide, including those in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar. Abdulla has acquired extensive experience in takaful and cooperative insurance topics across life insurance, property, and healthcare businesses.
He has been working with Sharia scholars along all steps of the value chain involved in the Sharia certification process, with a strong focus on new Islamic product development and structuring topics for Cooperative Insurance & Takaful. In his current position as Sharia Review and Audit Manager, he leads large-scale insurance projects at both the review and Sharia audit levels for our cooperative insurance and takaful clients. Outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Abdulla supervises and audits clients from the insurance and takaful sectors globally.
In some of his projects, Abdulla has also helped KSA-based cooperative insurance firms ensure their investments, operations, policies, and business models comply with critical Sharia compliance issues.
Abdulla joined SRB directly upon completing his B.Sc. in Islamic Banking and Finance from the University of Bahrain. He is also in the process of completing the IFQ and Certified Shari’a Adviser and Auditor qualification (CSAA – AAOIFI). He is an enthusiast of transformations using digital solutions for insurance companies.
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