The prospects for growth in Sri Lanka are extremely attractive. With the first fully fledged commercial Islamic bank in Sri Lanka, almost all banks are now opening windows. There is strong growth in Ijarah, diminishing Musharakah and Sukuk. Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between West Asia and Southeast Asia. A legislative breakthrough in 2005 with the Amendment of the Banking Act turned this economy into a potential hub for Islamic finance in the South Asian region.
The 2nd IFN Sri Lanka Roadshow will again be held in Colombo and will attract a strong delegation from both the local markets and those from neighboring markets such as Pakistan, India and the Maldives.
Dr A D Priyanka Baddevithana - Managing Director, Housing Development Financing Corporation, Maldives
Dr Aishath Muneeza - Head of Islamic Finance, Capital Market Development Authority, Maldives
Ajith Nivard Cabraal - Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Ammar Ahmed - Consultant, Dar Al Sharia
Ananda Silva - Senior Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Ariff Sultan - Regional Director (Asia), IdealRatings
Faizal Salieh - Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Amana Bank
Fazal Ghaffoor - Chief Executive Officer, Amana Takaful
Fazly Marikar - Head of New Product Development and Gold Unit, Amana Bank
Harith Harun - Chief Executive Officer, Maldives Islamic Bank
Hisham Ally - Head of Islamic Banking, HNB
Hitesh Asarpota - Director, Capital Markets & Structured Finance, Emirates NBD Capital
Imran Nafeer - Head of Microfinance, Muslim Aid
Imran Zahir - Head of Islamic Banking, NDB Bank
Ishrat Rauff - Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Adl Capital
Krishan Thilakaratne - Chief Executive Officer, Islamic Business Unit, Lanka Orix Finance
M Afzar Alam Nomani - Country General Manager, MCB Bank
M K S Mohamed Bishry - Chief Manager - Islamic Banking, Bank of Ceylon
Manil Jayesinghe - Partner, EY, Sri Lanka
Mohamed Azmeer - Chief Operating Officer, Amana Bank
Muhammad Azad Zaheed - Associate Director, Adl Capital
Muhammad Shoaib Ibrahim - Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, First Habib Modaraba, Pakistan
Pathmanathan Asokan - Chief Executive Officer, Comtrust Asset Management
Reyaz Jeffrey - Chief Executive Officer, Amana Takaful Life
Reyaz Mihular - Managing Partner, KPMG Sri Lanka
Siddeeque Akbar - Vice President - Consumer Banking and Strategic Marketing, Amana Bank
Suresh R I Perera - Principal - Tax & Regulatory, KPMG
Tyrone Hannan - Head - Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank
U L Muthugala - Additional Superintendent of Public Debt, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Moderator: | Reyaz Mihular - Managing Partner, KPMG Sri Lanka |
Panelists: |
Ananda Silva - Senior Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka Faizal Salieh - Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Amana Bank Krishan Thilakaratne - Chief Executive Officer, Islamic Business Unit, Lanka Orix Finance M Afzar Alam Nomani - Country General Manager, MCB Bank |
Moderator: | Suresh R I Perera - Principal - Tax & Regulatory, KPMG |
Panelists: |
Dr A D Priyanka Baddevithana - Managing Director, Housing Development Financing Corporation, Maldives Ariff Sultan - Regional Director (Asia), IdealRatings Harith Harun - Chief Executive Officer, Maldives Islamic Bank Hitesh Asarpota - Director, Capital Markets & Structured Finance, Emirates NBD Capital |
Moderator: | Muhammad Azad Zaheed - Associate Director, Adl Capital |
Panelists: |
Dr Aishath Muneeza - Head of Islamic Finance, Capital Market Development Authority, Maldives Imran Nafeer - Head of Microfinance, Muslim Aid Imran Zahir - Head of Islamic Banking, NDB Bank M K S Mohamed Bishry - Chief Manager - Islamic Banking, Bank of Ceylon Siddeeque Akbar - Vice President - Consumer Banking and Strategic Marketing, Amana Bank |
Moderator: | Ishrat Rauff - Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Adl Capital |
Panelists: |
Ammar Ahmed - Consultant, Dar Al Sharia Fazly Marikar - Head of New Product Development and Gold Unit, Amana Bank Muhammad Shoaib Ibrahim - Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, First Habib Modaraba, Pakistan Tyrone Hannan - Head - Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank |
Moderator: | Manil Jayesinghe - Partner, EY, Sri Lanka |
Panelists: |
Fazal Ghaffoor - Chief Executive Officer, Amana Takaful Hisham Ally - Head of Islamic Banking, HNB Mohamed Azmeer - Chief Operating Officer, Amana Bank U L Muthugala - Additional Superintendent of Public Debt, Central Bank of Sri Lanka |