DR. ISHAK SULIAMAN is currently a Head Department of Al-Quran and Al-Hadith at Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya and Associate Professor in the field of the Hadith Studies. He is a Chief Editor of Journal al-Bayan of which is indexed by Web of Science, Scopus and published by Brill Publishers.

He received his Ph. D degree from The University of Wales, Lampeter UK in 2005 in the field of Hadith Muamalah. In 2013, he awarded as a Visiting Researcher at Islamic University of Medinah, Saudi Arabia. Also, he served as Director for the Department of Malaysian Studies, Cairo University, Egypt from the 1st January 2016 until the end of December 2018.

Now he serves the country as a Deputy Chairman of Lajnah Tahqiq Hadith KDN under the purview of the Home Ministry of Malaysia. He has an ongoing collaboration research projects of Fundamental Research Grant (FRGS) in the field of Waqf of Infrastructure and in the field of Astrometry of Prayer Times.

Mr. Abdulcadir Haji is a visionary entrepreneur who has over 10 year of experiences in all aspects of gold mining. His experiences include; prospecting gold in Guinea and other part of Africa countries, managing open pit excavations, training and supervising non-chemical gold recovery systems, setting up and operating 100KG per day gold refinery.

He founded African Resource Group Limited, Guinea, a unique mining company that helps African governments and mining communities exploit their gold reserves through joint venture agreements. ARG provides expertise and capital necessary to achieve success.

Under his guidance, IGR has signed 30 year of multi concession agreements with AVDM & AVDK, two mining communities in Guinea. This agreement currently covers eight concessions and expands into two cities.

It’s through this unique joint venture agreement that has led ARG and IGR to the trust and confidence of many local communities and the government of Guinea.

Mr. Haji has co-designed mining process flow and management software with Mr. Gan. This software is custom-designed for ARG and IGR; it provides smooth workflow and controls between all the sections of the mining teams and admin, and then connects to IGR Blockchain for inventory management.

Mr. Gan Chin Sam is a self-made entrepreneur who has founded several security and safety related companies including a Malaysian public listed corporation Satang Holding Berhad in 2005.

12 years ago, with an astute foresight that encryption will soon be a critical security component, he invested heavily into the development of a unique, patent pending PKI-based solution built on a one-of-a-kind methodology called Public Key Identity (PKID) and Blockchain technology & Cryptocurrency platform Development. The solution obtained in 2013 for International Certification of Common Criteria for IT Security and selected and recognized as Most trusted security technology qualified for Malaysia Government for National Project.

Two key Companies established by Gan are Wannastation.com Sdn Bhd (Wannastation) and Crypton Security Sdn Bhd (CSSB).

Under his stewardship, Wannastation has successfully developed a cryptocurrency platform. In 2017, Wannastation was engaged by MasterCard as one of their digital wallet development contractors for Asia Pacific region. With that experience, he has spent last two years researching the opportunities of implementing fintech into Africa mostly untapped market.

Dr. Kamaruzaman Bin Noordin is Associate Professor of Department of Shariah & Management at Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya. He also serves as Deputy Director (Student Affairs) Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya. He received BSc. in Shariah from the University of Malaya, MBA from the Shariah and of University Malaya, and Ph. D. from University of Wales, UK. He is currently head of Department of Shariah and Management, Takaful, and his research interest is in Islamic banking and Islamic Finance. He is a reviewer of Journal Syriah and board members of different Takaful, education and Islamic organizations and from UM expert search.

He is a member of the Shariah Committee of Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN). Previously, he served as a member and Chairman of the Shariah Committee to Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad.

Dr. Mohd Shahid bin Mohd Noh has been serving at Malaya University as a senior lecturer at Academic of Islamic Studies, Economy & Shariah Department since 2018. His specialization areas are in Islamic Financial Transactions, Islamic Capital Market, Islamic Economics, and General Islamic Jurisprudence. He was appointed and served as Religious Officer & Imam at Masjid Al-Ghufran, Pinggir Taman Tun Dr. Ismail since 2007 till present.

He is also a member of both Shariah Advisory Board of Bank Muamalat Malaysia and Securities Commission, Advisory Syariah.

On Jan 24th, 2022, he was appointed Head of Department, Malaya University.

Mr. Tom Wong (Wong Khai Meng), a Malaysian international certified public accountant, has been the Chief Executive Officer of CC International Berhad, a private professional business services company, since January 2016.

He previously held the position of Chief Operating Officer from 2010 to 2015 managing group operations from human resources, management information system, finance, customer service and business development.

He has extensive experience and expertise in assurance work of various industries and, in an advisory capacity, has helped set-up and grown many companies in Malaysia and Asia.

He was a graduate from Manchester University of UK and is now a Chartered Accountant member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Besides, he is a Certified Financial Planner with Financial Planning Association of Malaysia.

Mr. Benny Foo is a results-oriented management professional with 30 years of experience in operation management, supply of management and systems.

Based on full comprehension of high technology assembly and systems, he brings immense knowledge with hands-on experience in demand management, order fulfilment and supply management.

His professional management experiences include:

Director of Materials in Xircom Operations (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (March 1995 - June 2001)

Materials Account Director of Solectron Technology Sdn. Bhd. (June 2001– July 2003)

Executive Director of Supply Chain Management Finisar Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (September 2003 – October 2016)

COO of Singapore Precious Metal Exchange Pte Ltd. (October 2016 – October 2017)

Mr. Pavan Kumar has over 20 years comprehensive experience in IT Management, Project Management and Software Development. He manages multiple teams spanning acquisition, integration, security accreditation, infrastructure migration, data security and DR space.

He is a post graduate in Mathematics (M.Sc - Applied Mathematics) from Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India.

Always trying to resolve challenges with innovative solutions, he has improved various kinds of systems and processes to increase efficiency and customer satisfaction.

In the years of IT experience, he has developed advanced computer skills in server management and hosting on multiple platform types.

His specialties include:

Service Delivery Management / Project Management / People management, training, teambuilding and supervision / Server Management / ERP Systems and ticketing systems / Networking & Firewall / Cloud Computing / Virtualisation: VMWare, Hyper-V, Xen, Onapp, VirtualBox / Languages: Java, C, C++, Visual C++ / Windows and Linux based operating systems / IT Automation: Puppet / ISP & Hosting: Domains, Web & Email hosting / Web Technologies: Apache2, PHP, Advanced Java, Java Script, CSS, JQuery, Node / Mobile Development: Android & X Code (iOS)

Mr. Jude Foster, a 64-year old native Grenadian, has over 20 year of experiences in dealing with African natural resources of gold and petroleum, and energy solutions.

He has participated in many trade missions to West, Central and East Africa as president of Bold Eagle Enterprise which provided consulting service to African Governments such as Guinea, Ghana, DRC, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Mali in finding investors for multiple projects, infrastructures, natural resources, farm equipment and alternative energy.

In Ghana and Congo, he has provided small mining consultancy and helped the countries with equipment purchasing, funding partners from North America and dispatching experienced mining employees from India.

In Liberia and Sierra Leone, he has direct relationship with both ministers of mines. And in Mali, he has been working with Kalana community in Sikasso region, a gold mining community on the Bremium Green Gold zone of Mali. Also, he has concurrently been negotiating with the community on behalf of IGR.

He will surely be able to bring many West and Central African countries on board to IGR gold mining joint venture partnership by utilizing his long-term relationships.

After graduating from Yeon Sei Univ. in 1983, Mr. Yeom has been working in Security Technology and Language Education.

Starting as Consultant & Critic on the early stage of Korean IT industry, he is now running a couple of companies including SY-Talk Global Co., Ltd., and also taking the role of COO of Northeast Asia in IGR Group

Besides, he has written and published more than 30 books in the field of IT Education & English Language Education since 1985.

His major careers include; Founder & Chairperson of Board of Directors of SY-Talk Global Co., Ltd. since 2017 / Founder & Chairperson of Board of Directors of TG S&S Co., Ltd. since 2007 / Founder & Chairperson of Board of Directors of TG Institute Co., Ltd. since 1995

Personally, Mr. Yeom has been in close business partnership with Mr. Gan, the founder of IGR Group since 2006.

Teresa Paszek serves as Corporate Social Responsibility Partner of IGR Group. She was the CEO of Eagle Enterprise between 2015 and 2019. A real estate investment firm that provides training in; management, sales and marketing solutions, to real estate investors, mortgage lenders, and sales agents.

While vacationing in Guinea and exploring real estate opportunities, she came across an opportunity to help the Guinean youth artisanal miners who were dying when the land above them collapses on them.

Ms. Paszek found out that this was an ongoing problem and the mortality rate of young artisan miners was very high. She immediately visited and talked to local politicians, community leaders and regional directors of mines about creating a youth owned mining company. She promised that she would provide training, proper mining equipment and funding for the project.