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Article: Jamelah spearheading innovation at RHB.
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- Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2009
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Mushtak Parker | Arab News
Jamelah Jamaluddin is the first woman to head an Islamic bank anywhere in the world. As the managing director of RHB Islamic Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia's fourth largest banking group, she is giving some of her male counterparts in the industry something to think about.
An acknowledged expert on Islamic capital markets and investment products, her appointment in 2008 as the new managing director of RHB Islamic Bank replacing Khalid Bhaimia did raise some eyebrows. These were largely of her male colleagues, some of whom still have gender issues to sort in their emotional makeup.
Malaysia of course leads the ...