Dato' V. Danapalan holds a B.A. (Hons) from University Malaya and Masters in Public Administration from Pennsylvania State University, USA. He was previously the Chairman of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) until his retirement in March 2006. Prior to joining MCMC, he was a Senior Vice-President at the Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn. Bhd. Before this, he was the Secretary-General at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, a position he held from 1991 to 1998. He currently serves on the Board of Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST), Multimedia University (MMU), Sirim QAS Sdn. Bhd., Bank Simpanan Nasional, Telekom Malaysia Berhad and Tun Sambanthan Scholarship Board.

Dato' Mohd Hashim joined the army and was commissioned into the Royal Engineer Regiment on 12 December 1965. During his 36 years of service, he participated in various operations and exercises demanding his expertise as a military engineer officer. He held various key appointments, namely, as Colonel Plans and Development in Army HQ, Director of Accommodation and Works in Armed Forces HQ and as Defence Advisor in the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta. At the peak of his military career he held the rank of Brigadier General and was appointed as the Chief Engineer in the Armed Forces. He held this appointment for four and half years until his retirement in 2000.

Dr. Mohamed Aslam is a Professor at the Department of Economics, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He received his PhD from the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK and he also holds a Master of Economics from the University of Malaya and B.Econs (Hons.) from the IIUM. He was the Head of Department between 1996 - 1999 and was also visiting scholar at Georgetown University, USA and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, UK. He has published books and articles and conducted research in various areas of Islamic economics and is also involved in numerous executive training programs, specialising in Islamic economics and banking.

Mohd Mokhtar was the Chief Executive Boustead Reit Managers Sdn. Bhd. from 2007 to January 2009. Prior to that, he was the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Affin Discount Berhad from 1985 to 2006. He graduated from University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) in 1974 and had held various positions in finance and investment with various established institutions such as Bank Negara, ESSO Malaysia Berhad, Bank Bumiputera Malaysia and Malaysia Discounts Berhad. He contributed immensely to the development and progress of the financial markets during his tenure as Chairman of the Association of Discount Houses from 1995 to 2000. He is currently serving as the Director of Mizuho Corporate Bank (Malaysia) Berhad.

Datuk Haji Abdul Aziz is the Deputy Chief Executive of Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT), a post he assumed since January 2001. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University, USA with a Master of Business Administration. He also holds an Advanced Diploma in Information Systems from the Canberra University Australia on a Colombo Plan Scholarship. In 1993 he attended the Advanced Management Program at Wharton University of Pennsylvania, USA and participated in the INSEAD Advanced Management Programme at Fontainebleau, France in July 2005. Prior to joining LTAT, he was attached to the Auditor General’s Office of Malaysia from 1977 to May 1985. He is also a Director of Boustead Reit Managers Sdn. Bhd., DKSH Holdings (Malaysia) Berhad, Affin Moneybrokers Sdn. Bhd., Irat Hotel and Resorts Sdn. Bhd., Irat Properties Sdn. Bhd. and Ketengah Jaya Sdn. Bhd. and also as an alternate director of Badan Pengawas Pemegang Saham Minoriti Berhad.

Maimoonah graduated from University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Accountancy and was the Director, Debt & Capital Markets of Affin Bank Berhad prior to her appointment as Managing Director at Affin Investment Bank Berhad. Prior to this, she had been the Head of Syndications at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore responsible for developing Standard Chartered Bank's debt syndications business for Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. She was also seconded to Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad for three years to develop the local as well as cross border debt business. She was prior thereto attached to Morgan Grenfell (Asia) Ltd. where she was involved in structured finance and project advisory across South East Asian markets.