Nawaz Badurdeen becomes first Lankan Islamic Finance expert to receive GAFM certification
Muhammed Badurdeen Muhammed Nawaz (Nawaz Badurdeen), an Islamic Finance professional who has more than 15 years experience in the areas of capital markets, Shari’ah-compliant product development and Islamic micro finance, is the first Sri Lankan to receive Master Financial Planner (MFP) & Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC) Certifications from Colorado, USA based Global Academy of Finance and Management(gafm).
GAFM Certification Standards Board is TUV Accredited and ISO 9001:2008 Certified for Quality and ISO 29990:2010 Certified for Educational Standards. Approved Sanctioned by the Arab Academy for over 20 Arab nations.
MFP Certification listed at the website of US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) which is a regulatory body charged with governing business between brokers, dealers and the investing public in the United States.
Badurdeen received the certifications at the Fintech Meetup of Asia-pacific Executives Forum, jointly organised by the American Academy of Project Management (AAPM) and GAFM, in collaboration with Interstellar Strategic Partners and a number of other institutions, at the Hilton, Colombo recently.
He currently serves as the Manager - Shari’ah Department at Amana Takaful PLC Sri Lanka.
Nawaz has worked at Emirates Aviation Group, Amana Takaful, Amana Global, IGL Lanka, Amana Asset Management, Amana Capital, and Amana Takaful Maldives.
Nawaz has played important roles in structuring Shari’ah-compliant products, venture capital funds, mutual funds, and Shari’ah based fund mobilization models for real estate, leasing, finance, manufacturing and service companies and other corporate clients with specialization into Shari’ah audit of policies, processes and operations.
He is a visiting lecturer for a number of universities in Sri Lanka and has conducted workshops in Islamic banking & finance in Sri Lanka and overseas.
Nawaz holds an MSC in Islamic Finance from Staffordshire University, UK and a Post Graduate Diploma in Islamic Banking & Insurance from the Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance (IIBI), UK.