Yazit Yusuff is a freelance trainer and consultant on Islamic Finance and has been involved in Islamic Treasury and Islamic Capital Markets for more than 35 years. His working experience includes money market, foreign exchange, corporate treasury and Islamic capital market. His last position before opting for early retirement towards end of 2020 was Head of Islamic Non-Retail Business Development with RHB Islamic Bank which is part of RHB Banking Group, Malaysia fourth largest financial conglomerate.
Yazit gained most of his Islamic banking and treasury experience while attached with Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (Malaysia first Islamic bank), the bank he joined in 1987. After 21 years in Bank Islam, he moved to OSK Investment Bank in 2008 to spearhead the bank regional Islamic banking and Islamic capital market business.
After the completion of the merger between OSK and RHB Investment Bank in 2013, he was reassigned to oversee the Islamic capital market function for the merged entity and later the overall non-retail business development of RHB Islamic Bank.
His previous professional qualifications while working include Licensed Treasury Dealer (1993) issued by Financial Market Association Malaysia, Licensed Credit Professional issued by Institut Bank-Bank Malaysia (now known as Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers) under Certified Credit Professional (Business)(2005) and Capital Market Services Representative License for Corporate Finance Advisory (2014) & Dealing with Securities (2008). He is also a member of Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance since 2018. Yazit is a HRD Corp Accredited Trainer.
Yazit holds a Master Degree in Business Administration majoring in Finance conferred by the University of Southern Queensland, Australia in 2003.
