Kuala Lumpur, 16 July 2013: Muzaffar Hisham, Chief Executive Officer of Maybank Islamic Berhad clinches the Islamic Banker of The Year Award by the Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2013 for his outstanding contribution to developing Islamic finance regionally and was instrumental in growing Maybank Group’s Islamic banking business.

Maybank Islamic Berhad cemented its leadership position as it posted robust double-digit growth rates in financing, deposits and in asset size, now standing above RM 90 billion.

Maybank Islamic won two more awards as Best Islamic Retail Bank, Malaysia and Best Islamic Trade Finance Bank for the third consecutive year. Maybank Group won the Best Islamic Equity Award, Best Islamic Equity Award (highly commended), Best Local Currency Sukuk Award (won by Maybank Investment Bank) and Best Islamic Project Finance Award.

Maybank Islamic is currently the leading Islamic Bank in ASEAN and the largest Islamic Bank in Malaysia securing a 26 percent (%) domestic financing market share and accounting for 30.6 percent (%) of Maybank Group’s total domestic loans.

Muzaffar joined Maybank Islamic in 2011 with over 10 years experience in the industry.

Maybank Islamic CEO comments: With the strategic leadership of the board and efforts of all employees, Maybank Islamic Berhad has truly become the Region’s Islamic financial services leader. We would like to thank The Asset for recognizing our hard work and efforts. I also take this opportunity to thank, on behalf of Maybank Islamic, our customers, partners, and clients for their trust and support. We look forward to more opportunity to work and lead the industry together.