Arshad Mohamed Ismail is the GCEO of MARC. He has vast experience in banking and finance, especially in the areas of corporate banking, debt capital markets, Islamic finance, asset management, and development finance.

Prior to MARC, Arshad was President and CEO of Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad (EXIM Bank), and before that, President and GCEO of Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad. He has held various leadership and management roles at Maybank Islamic Berhad, International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM), Abu Dhabi’s Al Hilal Bank, Saudi Arabia’s Aayan Capital, and HSBC Amanah in the United Arab Emirates, among others.

Arshad holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the International Islamic University Malaysia as well as a Master of Business Administration from the London Business School, UK. He is a Fellow Chartered Banker with the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers. In 2015, Arshad was elected to the SC-OCIS Fellowship in Islamic Finance at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.