Industry experts to explore opportunities for Islamic finance in the UK
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London, UK –IFN UK Islamic Finance Week is set to take place on the 5thSeptember 2018 to welcome industry professionals at the Mansion House, London.
Organized by REDmoney events, the program will bring together a lineup of speakers comprising senior industry players, decision-makers and regulators to explore the exciting Shariah finance opportunities the country has to offer, discuss the biggest market trends and debate hard-hitting topics.
On the 5thSeptember, the event will kick off with welcoming remarks by Lord Mayor Charles Bowman, the mayor of London. After two hard-hitting sessions on mega trends in Shariahfinance and Islamicreal estate investment opportunities in the UK, akeynote address will be delivered by John Glen, the economic secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury.
The first session will provide an overview in mega trends, global and regional influencers for Islamic Finance and Investment. This session will be conducted by Bruno Martorano, the CEO of ADIB UK;Charles Haresnape, the CEO of Gatehouse Bank; Lord Mayor Charles Bowman; Duncan Steele-Bodger, the CEO of QIB UK; Marco Lichtfous, Partner, strategy and operations of Delloitte Tax & Consulting and Nikhil Rathi, the CEO of London Stock Exchange. This session will be moderated by Stella Cox CBE, the managing director of DDCAP Group and Chair of TheCityUK.
The second sessions will be on Real Estate and Investment in the UK. This session will be conducted by Adam Cavanagh, the CEO of Rosette Merchant Bank; Mark Hucker, the managingdirector of VG; Nicholas Judd, the founder and head of investment of 90 North Real Estate Partners; Pankaj Gupta, the co-founder and CEO for the UAE of Gulf Islamic Investments and Sarah Gooden, the partner of Trowers & Hamlins. This session will be moderated by Abradat Kamalpour, partner of Ashurst.
The third session will be on highlights and opportunities of Growth and Development of Islamic Capital Markets. This session will be conducted by Ahmed Choudhry, senior associate of Clifford Chance; Hitesh Asarpota, the managing director and head of Debt Capital Markets at Emirates NBD Capital; Muhammad Gunawan Yasni, the member of national Shariah Board at the Indonesian Council of Ulemas; Najib Al Aswad, the director of IFAAS and Nitish Bhojnagarwala, the vice president, senior credit officer in Financial Institutions Group at Moody’s Investors Service. This session will be moderatd by Khalid Howladar, the managing director and founder of Acreditus.
The fourth session will be on Liquidity and Supervision of Islamic Financial Institutions in Western Europe. This session will be conducted by Amir Firdaus, the treasurer of Al Rayan Bank; Arshadur Rahman the manager in shariah compliant project at Bank of England; Mohamed Damak, the senior director and global head of Islamic Finance at S&P Global Ratings and Mohammad Faiz Azmi, the executivechairman at PwC, Malaysia. This session will be moderatedby Lawrence Oliver, the director and deputy CEO of DDCAP.
Following foursessions on Islamic capital markets and liquidity issues, David Korslund, the senior economist of theGlobal Alliance for Banking on Values, will make a presentationon a hot topic in the Islamic banking world, particularly in Malaysia, namelyvalue-based intermediation and its place in the Islamic banking and finance industry.The fifth session will be on hard issues of the Islamic Asset Management Industry.
This session will be an interview sessionand the interviewer to be Tariq Alrifai, the CEO of Quorum Centre and the interviewee will be John Sandwick, the general manager of Safa Investment.
Following session will be on all that glitters, gold. This session will be conducted by John Durham, the manager, depository of Gold Corporation in the Perth Mint; Philip Judge, the CEOof Physical Gold Fund and Robin Lee, the CEO of HelloGold. This session will be moderated by Natalie Dempster, the managingdirector of World Gold Council.
The IFN Fintech Platform will be launched and followed by the next session on Fintech and Islamic Finance. This session will be conducted by Herve Larren, the co-founder of Global Crypto Ventures; Khalid Howladar, the managingdirector and founder of Acreditus; Nasir Zubairi, the CEO of LHoFT and Zeeshan Uppal, the co-founder of Yielders. This session will be moderated by Tom Sleigh, the UK country manager of Deposit Solutions.
After few hard hitting sessions, Abdulla Al Awar, the CEO of Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre, will be delivering a keynote address. Following on to the next session will be on Stewardship and Responsible Investing, opportunities for ethical and Islamic finance and investment. This session will be conducted by Catherine Howarth, the CEO of ShareAction; Kristina Alnes, the senior advisors of the Centre for International Climate Research; Martin Scheck, the CEO of International Capital Market Association; Sean Kidney, the CEO of Climate Bonds Initiative and Wan Kamaruzaman Wan Ahmad, the CEO of Kumpulan Wang Persaraan.
The final session will be on talking Islamicasset management and this session will be conducted by Alain Verbeken, the director of financial services at Mazars Luxembourg; Ali Khokha, the senior manager at PwC; Blake Goud, the CEO of Responsible Finance and Investment (RFI) Foundation; Michael Rainey, the partner of King & Spalding and Mohammed Al-Hassan, the co-founder and CEO-GCC and executive director of Gulf Islamic Investments.
After a series ofengaging sessions on various topics and issues making the rounds in the global and regional Islamic finance industry, the main event of the day will conclude with a talk on the Islamic asset management industry and how the UK market can benefit from the opportunities presented by the asset class.
On the 6thSeptember, three breakout sessions will be conducted. The first session, in partnership with Ashurst, will see engaging discussions on the happenings in the Islamic real estate landscape,whereas the second and third sessions will discussIslamic fintech and investments respectively.
The sessionswill convene an elite group of the industry’s leading Islamic finance practitioners to discuss and analyze the benefits and concerns facing the UK Shariah compliant financing and investment market. The initiative will see active participation from local regulators and industry practitioners and key international players.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Abdul Haseeb Basit – Co-Founder and Principal, Elipses
Abdulla Al Awar – CEO, Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre
Abdul Rahman – Managing Director, Abdul Rahman Law Corporation
Abradat Kamalpour – Partner, Ashurst
Adam Cavanagh – Chief Investment Officer, Rosette Merchant Bank
Ahmed Choudhry – Senior Associate, Clifford Chance
Alan Laubsch – Director, Natural Capital Markets, Lykke
Alain Verbeken – Director-Financial Services, Mazars Luxembourg
Ali Khokha – Senior Manager, PwC
Amir Firdaus – Treasurer, Al Rayan Bank
Anouar Adham – CEO, MercyCrowd
Arshadur Rahman – Manager, Shariah Compliant Project, Bank of England
Asim Khan – CEO, Khalij Islamic
Bruno Martorano – CEO of ADIB UK
Blake Goud – CEO, Responsible Finance and Investment (RFI) Foundation
Catherine Howarth – CEO, ShareAction
Charles Haresnape – CEO, Gatehouse Bank
David Korslund – Senior Economist, Global Alliance for Banking on Values
Duncan Steele-Bodger – CEO, QIB UK
Herve Larren – Co-Founder, Global Crypto Ventures
Hitesh Asarpota – Managing Director, Head - Debt Capital Markets, Emirates NBD Capital
Dr Husam Yaghi – President, Ateon
Jamie Chapman – Partner, Ashurst
John Glen – Economic Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury
John Durham – Manager–Depository, Gold Corporation, The Perth Mint
John Sandwick – General Manager, Safa Investment
Khalid Howladar – Managing Director and Founder, Acreditus
Kristina Alnes – Senior Advisor, Centre for International Climate Research
Lawrence Oliver – Director and Deputy CEO, DDCAP
Lord Mayor Charles Bowman
Marco Lichtfous – Partner, Strategy and Operations, Deloitte Tax & Consulting
Mark Hucker – Managing Director, VG
Martin Scheck – CEO, International Capital Market Association
Michael Rainey – Partner, King & Spalding
Mohammed Al-Hassan – Co-founder, CEO-GCC and Executive Director, Gulf Islamic Investments
Mohamed Damak – Senior Director and Global Head of Islamic Finance, S&P Global Ratings
Mohammad Faiz Azmi – Executive Chairman, PwC, Malaysia
Muhammad Gunawan Yasni – Member of National Shariah Board – Indonesian Council of Ulemas
Najib Al Aswad – Director, IFAAS
Naomi Heaton – CEO, London Central Portfolio
Nasir Zubairi – CEO, LHoFT
Natalie Dempster – Managing Director, World Gold Council
Neil Blake – Global Head of Forecasting and Analytics, EMEA Chief Economist, CBRE
Nicholas Judd – Founder and Head of Investment, 90 North Real Estate Partners
Nikhil Rathi – CEO, London Stock Exchange
Nitish Bhojnagarwala – Vice-President – Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Group, Moody’s
Investors Service
Omar Mirza – CEO, GII Islamic REIT
Pankaj Gupta – Co-Founder and CEO for the UAE, Gulf Islamic Investments
Philip Churchill – Founder and Managing Partner, 90 North Real Estate Partners
Philip Judge – CEO, Physical Gold Fund
Raheel Iqbal – Managing Director – Technology Investments, Finocracy
Richard Payne – Director, Head of Real Estate Finance, Bank of London and the Middle East
Robin Lee – CEO, HelloGold
Sarah Gooden – Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Sean Kidney – CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
Sharifah Bakar Ali – General Manager, Group Business Development, UEM Group
Stella Cox CBE– Managing Director, DDCAP Group and Chair of TheCityUK Islamic Finance
Markets Advisory Group
Stuart Jarvis – Investment Director, Rosette Merchant Bank
Tayyaba N Ahsan – Head of Strategic Alliances, Finocracy
Tariq Alrifai – CEO, Quorum Centre for Strategic Studies
Tom Sleigh – UK Country Manager, Deposit Solutions
Wan Kamaruzaman Wan Ahmad – CEO, Kumpulan Wang Persaraan
Zeeshan Uppal – Co-Founder, Yielders
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