After almost 20 years of living abroad, Mohd Hasnol Mohd Yunus joined the International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) as the Director of Corporate Services in 2017.
Before joining ISRA, he was heading the Malaysian operations of MyBazar – a Dubai-based e-commerce start-up. As Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Vice President (VP) of Marketing, he was responsible for various strategic partnerships with leading organizations such as Malaysia Digital Economy Multimedia University (MMU) and Karangkraf Media Group. He previously spent almost 16 years with Etisalat, the largest telecommunications company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Middle East. His last position there was Broadband Manager for the Home segment with a portfolio worth AED1.5 billion annually. At ISRA, he leads a diverse team of Finance, Governance, Human Resource (HR) and Administration, ICT, Marketing, Publications, Talent Development and Events. He holds a BSc. in Business Administration with a major in Marketing from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA and an Associate Diploma in Accounting from MARA Community College, Malaysia.
With the conversion of the quarterly-publication of ISRA Islamic Finance Space (IIFS) into a monthly online portal under the I-FIKR platform as I-FIKR Digest, mainly to cater to high-tech and fast-paced Islamic banking and finance environment, we are pleased to have the key person in managing this transition as our inaugural interviewee. The following are the thoughts and views of the Director of ISRA Corporate Services, Mohd Hasnol Mohd Yunus on his first year with ISRA and his interactions with the Islamic finance industry.
