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IFN Qatar OnAir Roadshow 2022

Release Date: Thursday 11th August 2022

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Following the hugely successful IFN OnAir Roadshow 2021 we are delighted to announce an extended series for 2022. The past two years have been difficult for many. For the first time in almost a century, the world ground to a halt, meaning minimal physical interaction, and a shuddering halt to B2B events as we knew them. At REDmoney, we went online, building a new platform allowing us to deliver virtual events to our readers and followers around the world. And, although OnAir events don’t allow for face-to-face meetings and that... ...Read More

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This was the 3rd IFN Qatar event.

Qatar’s’ Islamic banking industry, with four fully-fledged Islamic banks, enjoyed 26.1% of the total market share of global Islamic banking assets as at the third quarter of 2019.

The four Takaful operators enjoyed a 45% domestic market share.

Abroad, QIIB had founded Umnia Bank in Morocco, while Masraf Al Rayan-owned Al Rayan Investment was working on establishing a fintech-based Islamic bank in Kazakhstan.

Islamic fintech was an area of focus, with Qatar Fintech Hub launching incubator programs to develop fintech start-ups focusing on Islamic finance, including Takatech and Shariah compliant cryptocurrency.

Qatar remained a global leader for the Islamic finance industry and with its sturdy regulations and progressive regulators, its position was not in jeopardy.

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Roadshow Speakers

Aymane Doukali

Aymane Doukali

Head of Islamic and Structured Finance, Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)
Aymane Doukali
Aymane Doukali
Head of Islamic and Structured Finance, Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)

Ayman Doukali has over a decade of experience in Islamic finance, particularly in the debt capital markets and corporate and institutional banking areas. He is currently the head of Islamic and structured finance at the Qatar Financial Center (QFC). Prior to joining the QFC, Ayman worked for HSBC in Malaysia and held multiple positions within the global banking and debt capital markets teams, with his last assignment being the head of Sukuk for Asia Pacific. Before working at HSBC, he was part of the debt capital markets team at Dukhan Bank in Qatar, leading the execution of a flow of Sukuk and syndicated financing transactions in the GCC.

Husain Alkhaja

Husain Alkhaja

GCC Regional Director, DDCAP
Husain Alkhaja
Husain Alkhaja
GCC Regional Director, DDCAP

Husain Abdulwahed Alkhaja is the GCC regional director and director of DDCAP.

Husain is a vastly experienced banker who has been working within the Islamic financial marketplace for the past 30 years for various highly regarded regional and international financial institutions. Most recently, he held senior executive positions within MFAI (Jersey), a wholly-owned subsidiary of DMI Group. This followed his tenure as COO of CMA-licensed investment company Gulf Investors Asset Management Company.

Having started his career in banking in Bahrain, Husain was appointed the regional director and head of GCC and Islamic banking at Societe Generale where he was based in Dubai. Prior to returning to Bahrain as CEO of Investment Dar Bank, Husain was the general manager of ADNIF, the Islamic subsidiary of National Bank of Abu Dhabi.

Mourad Ali Mizouri

Mourad Ali Mizouri

Manager, Business Development, The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit
Mourad Ali Mizouri
Mourad Ali Mizouri
Manager, Business Development, The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit

Mourad Mizouri, a graduate in international trade from IHEC Carthage University, Tunisia, has 20 years of diverse experience in the banking and insurance industries. He has a Master’s degree in banking from IFID Tunisia and a diploma in Islamic finance from the Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance in the UK.

Mourad joined the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Creditin 2008 as a commercial underwriter and then he moved to the Business Development Department where he served in many functions until he became the manager of the MENA Senior Division. Before that, he served six years as a financial analyst in the Central Bank of Tunisia.
Mourad is a board member in one of the African Islamic financial institutions and is among the founding team of the AMAN UNION association, a union of commercial and non-commercial insurers from the OIC member countries, that was established in 2009 in Lebanon.

Nitish Bhojnagarwala

Nitish Bhojnagarwala

Vice-President – Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Group, Moody’s Investors Service
Nitish Bhojnagarwala
Nitish Bhojnagarwala
Vice-President – Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Group, Moody’s Investors Service

Nitish Bhojnagarwala is a vice-president–senior credit officer with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group. Based in Dubai, Nitish covers a portfolio of large conventional as well as Islamic financial institutions in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.

Nitish joined Moody’s in 2011, and has led Sukuk roundtables and conducted workshops on banking and Islamic finance at various conferences in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Nitish has also authored several research pieces, with a focus on regional banking, credit issues and issuer-in-depths for conventional as well as Islamic banks.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Nitish spent five years at Tamweel in the Treasury. He has also worked for KPMG in the UAE, where he covered financial institutions. Nitish holds an MBA from S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, with a major in finance (investment banking).

Sabir Ahmed

Sabir Ahmed

Executive Director Islamic Origination, Standard Chartered Bank
Sabir Ahmed
Sabir Ahmed
Executive Director Islamic Origination, Standard Chartered Bank

Sabir Ahmed is responsible for the structuring and execution of Shariah compliant capital markets, syndications, corporate finance and financial markets transactions in the GCC, the Southeast Asian region (Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore), the UK and Turkey.

Sabir has arranged 100-plus sovereign, quasi-sovereign, corporate and financial institution Islamic syndications and debt capital market transactions across multiple geographies, including a number of debut and award-winning deals.

Sabir joined Standard Chartered in 2005 and has over 21 years of experience in the financial services industry of which 17 years were in Islamic banking.

Sabir holds an MBA degree from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.

Simon Chan

Simon Chan

Counsel, K&L Gates LLP
Simon Chan
Simon Chan
Counsel, K&L Gates LLP

Simon Chan has been based in Doha since July 2010. Prior to joining K&L Gates, he worked for Allen & Overy. Before moving to Doha, he spent 10 years practicing in London, from 1999 to 2009. Simon has extensive experience advising financial institutions, corporate sponsors and borrowers on general financing, including project finance, leveraged finance, asset finance and Islamic finance, and also on restructurings. He has experience in advising project companies, sponsors and lenders on the development and financing of large infrastructure projects.

Simon was ranked as a leading lawyer (Band 2) by Chambers Global 2021 for ‘Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance in Qatar’. Simon is well-versed in a wide range of finance matters, acting for both borrowers and lenders. He is also noted for his skills in fintech and banking regulatory matters. Sources agree that he is “an experienced guy”, with one client adding: “I find him to be really reliable”. Simon is rated by The Legal 500: Qatar, with one peer noting: “Simon is a good guy, dedicated to the work and an expert in his field.”

Dr Vladimir Malenko

Dr Vladimir Malenko

Islamic finance advisor, Bedford Row Capital
Dr Vladimir Malenko
Dr Vladimir Malenko
Islamic finance advisor, Bedford Row Capital

Dr Vladimir Malenko is the managing director of FairFin OU, an Islamic finance consultancy that specializes in Sukuk and Islamic microfinance. Prior to setting up FairFin, Vladimir worked as an Islamic finance consultant at Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, where he developed several innovative Shariah compliant instruments, including microfinance Tawarruq-based shares, Sukuk Salam for grain and the Islamic stock market index. Dr Vladimir currently writes about Islamic private equity and venture capital for Islamic Finance news. He published ‘The Dubai IPO Guide’ and ‘Russia: the next investment destination’. He holds three advanced degrees: MBA and JD (from the US), and MD (from Russia). He studied private equity at the Singapore Management University and Amsterdam Institute of Finance.

Advisory Board

Professor Habib Ahmed

Professor Habib Ahmed

Sharjah Chair in Islamic Law and Finance Durham University Business School
Professor Habib Ahmed
Professor Habib Ahmed
Sharjah Chair in Islamic Law and Finance Durham University Business School

Habib Ahmed is the professor and Sharjah chair in Islamic law and finance at Durham University Business School. Prior to joining Durham University in 2008, he worked at the National Commercial Bank and Islamic Development Bank Group (Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI)) in Saudi Arabia. He has also taught at University of Connecticut (US), National University of Singapore, University of Bahrain and worked as visiting professor at Hamad bin Khalifa University in Qatar. Habib has also worked as a consultant for organizations such as the UN, UN Development Programme, World Bank, IRTI, IFSB, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector, Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation or COMCEC, and General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions. He has authored/edited more than 100 papers and publications, which include articles in international refereed journals, books, chapters in books and other academic papers/monographs/reports.

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MULTILATERAL STRATEGIC PARTNERS

The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)

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The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) is a multilateral development financial institution and is part of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group.

The ICD was established in November 1999 to support the economic development of its member countries through the provision of finance for private sector projects, promoting competition and entrepreneurship, providing advisory services to governments and private companies and encouraging cross-border investments.

The ICD has an authorized capital of US$4 billion. Currently, the shareholders of the ICD are the IDB (50%), 53 Islamic countries (30%) and five public financial institutions (20%).

ICD mandate and objectives

The ICD fosters sustainable economic growth in its 53 member countries by:

  • Financing private sector investment
  • Mobilizing capital in the international financial markets, and
  • Providing advisory services to business and governments.

The ICD selects the financing projects based on their contribution to economic development considering factors such as job creation, Islamic finance development, contribution to exports, etc. The ICD also provides advisory services to governments and private sector groups on policies designed to encourage the establishment, expansion and modernization of private enterprises, the development of capital markets, best management practices and to enhance the role of the market economy. The ICD operates to complement the activities of the IDB in member countries.

The ICD is rated ‘AA/FQ’ by Fitch Ratings, ‘Aa3/P-1’ by Moody’s Investors Service and ‘A+’ by Standard & Poor’s.

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Tel: (966-12) 6361400; (966-12) 6441644

Fax: (966-12) 644 4427

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.icd-ps.org

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The Islamic Corporation for The Insurance Of Investment And Export Credit (ICIEC)

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Established 26 years ago in 1994 as a multilateral institution and a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) was tasked to promote cross-border trade and foreign direct investments in its member countries.

The ICIEC’s mission is to make trade and investment between member countries and the world more secure through the Shariah compliant risk mitigation tool. Its vision is to be recognized as the preferred enabler of trade and investment for sustainable economic development in member countries.

The ICIEC is the only multilateral export credit and investment insurance corporation in the world that provides Shariah-compliant insurance and reinsurance solutions.

Today, the ICIEC supports trade and investment flows in 47 member countries spanning across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Its target clients are corporates (both exporters and investors), banks and financial institutions as well as export credit agencies and insurers.

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International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation

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The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) is a member of the IDB Group. It was established with the purpose of advancing trade among OIC member countries, which would ultimately contribute to the overarching goal of improving the socioeconomic conditions of the people across the world. The ITFC commenced operations in January 2008 and has since consolidated all trade finance businesses that used to be handled by various windows within the IDB Group. Earning an ‘A1’ rating from Moody’s Investors Service reflects the ITFC’s efficiency in service delivery by responding swiftly to customer needs in a market-driven business environment.

Since 2008, the ITFC has provided more than US$40.2 billion of trade financing to OIC member countries, making it the leading provider of trade solutions for the needs of OIC member countries. With a mission of being a catalyst for trade development among OIC member countries and beyond, the ITFC helps entities in member countries gain better access to trade finance and provides them with the necessary trade-related capacity-building tools, which would enable them to successfully compete in the global market.

 

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Linkedin: International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)

Tel: +966 12 646 8337
Fax: +966 12 637 1064
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.itfc-idb.org/en

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IsDB Group Business Forum (THIQAH)

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The Islamic Development Bank Group Business Forum (THIQAH) is the window of the IsDB Group that facilitates contact and coordination between entities concerned of the IsDB Group and private sector firms and related institutions in IsDB Group member countries. The main objective of THIQAH is to establish a unique platform for effective dialogue, cooperation and inclusive partnership for business leaders committed to partnering in promising investment opportunities. Through facilitation and catalyst roles, THIQAH will be leveraging the IsDB Group’s resources to offer necessary services and confidence to investors and to establish strategic partnerships with the leaders of the private sector. The primary focus will be on maximizing cross-border investment among member countries to be supported by IsDB Group’s financial products and services. (www.idbgbf.org)

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PARTNERS

DDCAP Group

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Founded in 1998 and headquartered in London, with an office in Dubai and a presence in both Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, DDCAP is a leading provider of asset facilitation services and financial technology and system solutions across a diverse range of Shariah compliant products, asset classes and instruments in both the primary and secondary markets. DDCAP’s wholly-owned subsidiaries include DD&Co and DDGI. DDCAP has an extensive track record within the Islamic finance industry, employing over 35 professionals with broad and complementary skill sets drawn from diverse financial industry backgrounds, focused principally on providing service to Islamic financial market participants around the world. DDCAP has its own Shariah supervisory board comprising esteemed Shariah scholars from Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Kuwait. DDCAP’s multi-award-winning Shariah compliant ETHOS Asset Facilitation Platform is a bespoke, real-time trade and post-trade services platform providing 24-hour coverage, enabling clients worldwide to purchase from a diverse asset inventory, including commodities, via a secure, web-based portal.

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IdealRatings

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IdealRatings was incorporated in 2006 in San Francisco with a corporate objective to provide SRI/ESG and Shariah compliant solutions to ethical investors and enable them to identify such instruments across different asset classes in the global market. IdealRatings serves clients in over 30 countries with a range of capital market solutions including:

  • Equities – A web-based platform covering over 40,000 stocks, where fund managers can screen equities using different, custom-built ESG/SRI/Responsible Investments and Shariah rulebooks or guidelines. This solution caters to different purification calculation methodologies with a comprehensive set of reports for fund managers to manage their portfolio.
  • REITs – Global coverage of all listed REITs that could be screened in accordance with different standard Shariah rulebooks or guidelines.
  • Indexes – Co-branded and jointly marketed by FTSE-Russell Indexes and a separate series with Thomson Reuters for the global markets, designed for fund management and investment benchmarking. In addition, IdealRatings is able to provide custom-built indexes for the fund management industry.
  • Sukuk – A unique solution which includes the global Sukuk and a pioneering Sukuk-screening solution that enables fund managers to customize their Sukuk selection in accordance to their Shariah rulebook, guidelines or investment preference, and
  • Brokerage – The solution provides broking houses the ability to screen global equity markets, a technical analysis of the markets and equities, buy/sell/hold recommendations and purification amounts.
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CONSULTANCY PARTNER

Redmoney Consulting

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Launched in April 2021, Redmoney Consulting is a new and highly focused advisory firm focusing on global Islamic, Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Finance. Redmoney Consulting is a logical extension of REDmoney Group, the Islamic finance industry’s leading media house with a truly global audience. In addition to Islamic finance, the Group has steadily increased its coverage of the green and sustainable finance sector as the two markets continue to converge. Redmoney Consulting provides an expansive service allowing its consultants to provide advisory and consulting services at the highest level for the most discerning of clients.

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