Russia and the CIS: Realizing potential and exploring Islamic finance opportunities in a promising new market
Date: 15th March 2016 Venue: Renaissance Moscow Monarch Centre, Moscow

Confirmed speakers:

Abdutalip Sultanov — President & Chairman of the Board, Kyrgyz Stock Exchange, Kyrgyzstan

Ahmed Galal Eldin Ibrahim — Chairman, Al Galal Group

Aidyn Tairov — Member of the Management Board/ Financial Director, Al Hilal Bank, Kazakhstan

Aleksey Kuznetsov — Partner, Head of Corporate Tax Services in CIS, EY

Alexander Kazakov — Head of Structuring, Eurasian Development

Alexander Torshin — Deputy Chairman, Central Bank of Russia

Alina Vetrova — Vice-President, Association of Regional Banks of Russia, Member of the Board & Head of the Center of the Banking System

Professor Barjoyai Bardai — Project Director for Islamic Finance, Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia

Behnam Gurbanzade — CEO, BEST Solutions, Azerbaijan

Dmitry Dembich — Partner, Baker & McKenzie

Dmitry Savelyev — Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets (leader of IF task force)

Elena Redko — Analyst, Moody’s Investors Services, Russia

Elman  Mekhtiev — Executive Vice-President, Association of Russian Banks

Elnur Aliyev — Manager, Corporate & Structured Finance, ITFC, IDB Group

Evgeniya Vinokurova — Head of Alternative Finance Division, Vnesheconombank

Faris Al Amoudi — Associate, White & Case, UAE

Farmida Bi — Head of Islamic Finance – Europe, Norton Rose Fulbrigh, UK

Ghassan Chammas — Islamic Finance and Banking Director, Capital Intelligence

Hitesh Asarpota — Director and Head, Debt Capital Markets, Emirates NBD Capital, UAE

Linar Yakupov — President, Islamic Business and Finance Development Fund (IBFD Fund) & President, The Association of Regional Investment Agencies

Paul McViety – Legal Director, Head of Islamic Finance, DLA Piper

Philip Lamzin — Legal Director, DLA Piper, Russia

Roman Rybalkin — Credit Rating Analyst, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

Roustam Vakhitov — Managing Partner, International Tax Associates

Sergey Glazyev — Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor

S.M. Moniruzzaman— Executive Director, Bangladesh Bank

Victor Chetverikov — Chief Executive Officer, National Rating Agency

Vladislav Zabrodin — Managing partner, Capital Legal Services