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Ismail bin Mahbob
was appointed as a Director of
EXIM Bank in August 2012.
Ismail has vast experience in the insurance industry
both in Malaysia and overseas covering the main
sectors of broking, retail insurance, reinsurance and
retakaful. His career in insurance started in 1977 as a
broker with Magnet Insurance Brokers, Kota Kinabalu.
In 1979 he joined Progressive Insurance Sdn. Bhd.
where he served in various managerial positions until
1988, after which he moved to American Malaysian
Insurance as an Assistant General Manager overseeing
the company’s branch operations nationwide. In
1990, Ismail left for Malene CSB Insurance Brokers
as a Senior Broker where he headed the non-energy
section for six years.
In 1997, he moved to Labuan Reinsurance (L) Ltd.
and served as a Senior Vice President. At Labuan
Reinsurance, Ismail was entrusted with developing
new markets covering countries in Africa, the MENA
region (Middle East & North Africa) including Turkey,
the Indian Sub-Continent and some countries of
South-East Asia. He also headed its retakaful operation
and oversaw the Company’s business participation
at Lloyd’s of London. In 2007 Ismail joined the
first Malaysian retakaful company, MNRB Retakaful
Berhad as its President/Chief Executive Officer until
his retirement in mid 2012.
Utilising his knowledge and experience, Ismail has
also contributed towards the production of a book
on takaful and mutual insurance produced by the
World Bank.
Ismail holds a Diploma in Marketing from Chartered
Institute of Marketing, United Kingdom, and is a
member of the Associate Chartered Islamic Finance
Professionals (ACIFP), Malaysia. He is currently a
Board member of Saudi Reinsurance Company, Saudi
Arabia and an Adjunct Fellow of College of Business,
University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia.
Ismail binMahbob
Director
EXIM Bank Annual Report 2013
035