Dr Engku Rabiah Adawiah binti Engku Ali is currently an Associate Professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia’s (IIUM) Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (IIiBF). She obtained her LLB (first class honours) and LLB (Shariah) (first class honours) from IIUM. Shortly thereafter, she successfully completed her Master in Comparative Laws (MCL) from the same university. In 1998, she was conferred with a PhD in law from the University of Aberdeen.
She has lectured in the areas of both Shariah and civil law, particularly on the subject of company law, Islamic banking and finance, and Islamic capital market at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Currently, she is teaching Islamic capital markets to Masters students at IIiBF. Her research interest is in Islamic capital markets, Islamic banking and finance, Islamic insurance or takaful, Islamic law of transaction, company law and securities regulation. Her publications include books, articles in local and international journals and periodicals, and chapters in books and proceedings. She has presented at various conferences, seminars, workshops and in-house training programmes on the topic of Islamic banking, finance and capital markets.
She had also served as a Shariah Committee Member to a number of financial institutions in the past. She is a member of the Shariah Advisory Council of the Central Bank of Malaysia and Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA); and an independent Shariah Adviser for Islamic securities (sukuk) issuance, approved by and registered with the Securities Commission of Malaysia. She is also a member of the Shariah Board of Labuan Re and Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia, the Shariah adviser for Danajamin, a member of the Board of Directors at the Malaysian Institute of Islamic Understanding and a member of the investigation tribunal for the Malaysian Bar Council. She also served as a member of the Shariah Board to Khazanah in relation to two of its exchangeable sukuk that had been issued by Rafflesia Capital Ltd and Cherating Capital Ltd.