Rafe Haneef is the CEO of Group Transaction Banking at CIMB, overseeing transaction banking business which consist of four main product pillars namely Trade Finance, Cash Management, Securities Services and Financial Institution serving the Group’s Non Retail customers across CIMB franchise in ASEAN. Prior to that, he served as CEO of CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad in charge of the Group’s Islamic banking and finance franchise. CIMB Islamic operates as a parallel franchise to the Group’s conventional operations and covers Islamic wholesale banking, Islamic consumer banking, Islamic commercial banking and Islamic asset management and investment

He was instrumental in the inclusion of CIMB Islamic in the Value-based Intermediation (VBI) Community of Practitioners, working to develop VBI together with the central bank to contextualise and drive sustainability with Islamic finance institutions in Malaysia, as well as CIMB Group being a member of RFI as well as a founding member to the UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking.

20 years of experience covering a range of businesses and functional roles gained from three global banks, an international asset management company and a legal firm, at various financial centres including London, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur, including as CEO, Malaysia, and Managing Director of Global Markets, ASP, HSBC Amanah in 2010, Regional Head for Islamic banking, Asia Pacific, Citigroup Asia in 2006, Global Head of Islamic Finance business at ABN AMRO Dubai in 2004 covering both consumer and corporate businesses. He joined HSBC Investment Bank plc, London in 1999 and thereafter HSBC Financial Services Middle East, Dubai where he set up the global sukuk business in 2001.