Yousuf Amin

Chief Operations Officer

Noor Takaful

United Arab Emirates

Professional Summary

Yousuf Amin is the chief operations officer at Noor Takaful. He has held this position since August 2015. He is responsible for country-wide service functions of the company, including central and retail operations, claims, information technology and process delivery, and client servicing. He is a regular speaker at several Takaful (Islamic insurance) conferences. He fluently speaks English and Urdu. Yousuf earned master’s in economics from the Government College University at Lahore in 1994 and is an ACII Chartered Insurance Practitioner from the Chartered Insurance Institute in the United Kingdom in 2005. One of his greatest achievements was playing a pivotal role in overseeing the pilot project for conversion of conventional branches to Sharia'a-compliant branches for a Saudi Bank. His background includes 21 years of extensive experience related to operations, claims, bancassurance, finance, and quality in the financial services sector in the GCC region. Prior to joining Noor Takaful, Yousuf was spearheading the setup of various start-up entities with Noor Bank and Banque Saudi Fransi (part of Calyon Group). Yousuf held various managerial positions, delivering key solutions for innovative initiatives launched by those companies, including implementation of core insurance and banking solutions.

Skills

Specialization

Insurance; Program Management; Risk Management; Financial Risk; Financial Analysis; Business Banking