Deputy President Research, ISRA Institute, INCIEF University & Member, Shariah Advisory Council, Bank Negara Malaysia

Dr. Marjan Muhammad is the Deputy President Research at ISRA Institute (previously known as ISRA Research Management Centre), INCEIF University. In her current capacity, she oversees different portfolios including research and innovation, research management, assessment and publication, research commercialization, centres of excellence, and Islamic finance online database (I-FIKR) developed by ISRA.

She was previously the Director of Research Management & Publications (2021–2024). She is currently a member of the Shariah Advisory Council of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) effective from 1 November 2019 and a member of the Shariah Advisory Council of Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) effective from 1 July 2023. Prior to that, she was a member of Shariah Committee at a few local Islamic banks including Maybank Islamic Berhad, the largest Islamic bank in Malaysia. At the international level, she sits on the Advisory Committee of Experts of Lotus Bank Limited and Shariah Supervisory Board of Lotus Capital Limited, both are based in Nigeria. Marjan obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage (Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh) from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and graduated from her Master’s and PhD degrees at the same university.