People

Hajah Salma Binti Haji Abdul Latiff (Senior Lecturer)
Academic/Professional Qualifications: B.A C.Acc. Hons (U.K), MBA (U.K). Islamic Banking and Finance
Graduated from University of Kent in Centerbury, UK with a B.A. in Accounting (Hons). Worked as a Senior Auditor with the then Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (Accountant & Auditor firm) for 5 years. Served in Standard Chartered Bank for 11 years, 3 years as Head of Operations, Corporate Banking. Sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank to undertake a Postgraduate course in Retail of Banking Products with the Management Institute of Singapore and followed by Masters in Business Administration in Henley Management College, England. Currently a Senior Lecturer with University of Brunei Darussalam in subjects related to Islamic banking and finance as well as Islamic Business Ethics. Also held non-academic positions in the university such as Head of Department of Business and Management and Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies.

Current non-academic post is as Coordinator of the Centre for Islamic Banking, Finance and Management under the umbrella of the University. The Centre is a newly established Centre for Islamic Economics, Management, Banking and Finance. She has published a book and has presented several papers including a paper at an International conference on Islamic Banking and Finance organized by Islamic Development Bank (IDB) – IRTI, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Selected Courses Taught:

• Islamic Banking and Finance (Undergraduate and Postgraduate Level)
• Islamic Management and Ethics (Postgraduate Level)
• Banking Management and Practices (Undergraduate Level)
• Islamic Accounting and Auditing (Undergraduate Level)
• Principles of Islamic Business Ethics (Undergraduate Level)

Selected Papers/Presentations:

• Conversion to an Islamic Bank – The case of IDBB – presented in a conference held in Negara Brunei Darussalam in 2003.


• Islamic Banking in Brunei and the Role of CIBFM – presented in a conference held in Universiti Brunei Darussalam in January 2004.


• Ethical Investment Fund – Bridging the gap between Islamic and Private Fund – presented in 2005 Asian Venture Forum – South East Asia (Malaysia) held in Kuala Lumpur in Septemeber 2005.


• Risk Measurement from a Downside Perspective: Cases of Islamic and Equity Funds – with Dr Abul Hassan and presented in a conference “2nd International Research Conference on Islamic Banking – Risk Management, Regulation and Supervision” in Kuala Lumpur in February 2006.


• Developing a regional ASEAN Islamic capital market: Challenges and Opportunites – Brunei Darussalam perspective. Organised by Asean Bankers and COFIT, Empire Hotel, Brunei, May 2006.


• Corporate Social Performance of Islamic Institutional Shareholding Companies of FTSE Islamic Index – with Dr Abul Hasan and presented at the 4th International Islamic Banking & Finance Conference 2006, at Monash University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in November 2006.

Contact:

	Telephone	:	+673-2463001 ext. 1497
	E-mail	:	salma@cibfm.ubd.edu.bn