Biography
Dr Ridzwan Bakar (FCMA CPA CA CIIF Shariah RFP) is a professional Chartered Accountant, practitioner of Islamic Finance and Waqf. He has more than 21 years corporate experience leading senior position /CFO responsibilities, Head of business planning/corporate strategy, corporate reporting, KPI development and tracking, business transformation and consultancy. Currently he is a Professional Lecturer, Faculty of Management, Multimedia Universiti Malaysia and Leader of Islamic Finance, Accounting and Social Science Studies (IFASS).
His expertise has been recognized in Malaysia and at international level. In the year 2019, He has been appointed as Board of Director- Wakaf Centre, Wilayah Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP), Board of Trustee- Malaysia Wakaf Foundation (YWM), Board of Investment Malaysia Wakaf Foundation (YWM), Member of Advisory Team-Waqf Smart City Pahang, Leader Malaysia Public Policy on Waqf and Endowment Tax incentive (JAWHAR Prime Minister Office & Ministry of Finance), Subject Matter Expert-Malaysia Islamic Accounting Standards for Baitulmal, Zakat and Wakaf (Accountants’ General, Malaysia) and Leader, Global BWi Waqf Coin. Recently, he has been appointed by Malaysia Government to Champion Special Task Force for Wakaf Malaysia Trust Deed.
At international level, he has been appointed to lead as an Honourable Treasurer and Council member of International Waqf Action Council (iWaqf), Chairman of Waqf Innovation initiative, Fellow of Bank Waqf International Jakarta, Founder of Miftahulkhoir Waqf Quranic Boarding School (MQBS) and lead several Islamic Social Finance,Waqf initiatives and public policy in Malaysia and abroad. He also serves as a Chairman of Certified Islamic Public Accountants program (CIPA CIMA Australia 2018-2021).
Dr Ridzwan has successfully supervised 3 PhD and 27 MBA thesis. Currently he is supervising 2 PhD, 1 Mphil and 3 MBA dissertation. He is also a Senior Fellow of Institute Professional Baitulmal, an industry panel advisor for few Graduate Business School in Malaysia, Board of Advisor, Accounting Program (KPB) and industry Waqf Based Economy.
He is a Professional Trainer for strategic planning and KPI workshop, Islamic Leadership Value Based, Financial planning, Strategic finance decision, Islamic Financial Planning & Wealth Management, Retirement Planning, High Impact and Influence and other motivational programs. He has conducted many corporate training and organizational workshop in Malaysia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amman, Istanbul, Brunei, Indonesia etc.