Dr Akhtarzaite Abdul Aziz was appointed as a member of the Shariah Committee of Maybank Islamic with effect from 1st March 2020.
She is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Fiqh and Usul Al-Fiqh, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).
She received her Bachelor’s degree in Law in 1994 and subsequently Bachelor’s degree in Shariah a year later in 1995. She then obtained her Master’s degree in Fiqh and Usul Al-Fiqh in 2000 and followed-by PhD in Fiqh and Usul Al-Fiqh in 2015, all from International Islamic University Malaysia (“IIUM”).
Currently, she is a member of the Shariah Advisory Council of Securities Commission Malaysia. She also sits as a Shariah Committee member of PruBSN Takaful, Bank Rakyat and a member of Shariah Advisory Committee of IIUM Endowment Fund.