Safina Shahid is a Certified Islamic Professional Accountant (CIPA) and Certified Shariah Advisor and Auditor (CSAA) from Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), Bahrain. She is also a qualified Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountant of Pakistan (ICAP) and Certified Internal Auditor from Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA),  

 

She has a professional experience of shariah audits, Islamic financial advisory, internal audit and internal controls over 13 years with 2 big4 audit firms, PwC Karachi and EY Karachi, and 3 of the largest banks in Pakistan in their genre, Meezan Bank (largest Islamic bank), Habib Bank (largest conventional bank) and Standard Chartered Bank (largest international bank in Pakistan).

 

She has been associated with AAOIFI as a trainer/presenter on various topics including Shariah Audits and Shariah Governance Framework. She is a public speaker accredited by Toastmasters International.