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Committee Membership and Qualifications

Past version: Effective from 01 Oct 2010 to 31 Mar 2011
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The Committee shall have at least three members. Such members must have no conflict of interest with any other duties they have for the Islamic bank licensee.

A majority of the members of the committee including the Chairman shall be independent and/or non-executive directors.

There must be at least one qualified and appropriately experienced accountant in the committee. The CEO must not be a member of this committee.

The committee members must have sufficient technical expertise to enable the committee to perform its functions effectively. Technical expertise means that members must have recent and relevant financial ability and experience, which includes:

a) An ability to read and understand corporate financial statements including an Islamic bank licensee's balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement and changes in shareholders' equity;
b) An understanding of the accounting principles which are applicable to the Islamic bank licensee's financial statements;
c) Experience in evaluating financial statements that have a level of accounting complexity comparable to that which can be expected in the Islamic bank licensee's business;
d) An understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and
e) An understanding of the audit committee's controls and procedures for financial reporting.
October 2010