Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain | The General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI), the global umbrella of Islamic financial institutions has announced its confirmed speakers for the CIBAFI Global Forum “Essential Renovation of Banking Practices Towards Resilience and Shared Prosperity”, which will be held on 8 - 9 May 2017, at Four Seasons Hotel, Amman, Jordan.
The two day Forum, which is held under the patronage of the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) is aimed to gather top notch industry experts, policy makers, financial institutions, Islamic finance gurus, and those outside the financial industry who are changing the way in which banking is conducted - as well as innovators in the finance industry and its peripheries. Global delegates & speakers from Asia, Africa, Middle East and Europe, shall discuss some of the most important latest developments, opinions and insights of making the Islamic finance industry of an equal footing with the conventional financial world. We are delighted and honored to announce this year’s Global Forum Speakers.
Global Forum Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Ziad Fariz
Governor
Central Bank of Jordan
H.E. Sheikh Saleh Kamel
Chairman
General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI)
H.E. Dr. Bandar bin Mohammed Hajjar
President
Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB)
H.E. Dr. Maher Sheikh Hasan
Deputy Governor
Central Bank of Jordan
H.E. Raed H. Charafeddine
First Vice-Governor
Banque du Liban
Musa A. Aziz Shihadeh
Chief Executive Officer & General Manager
Jordan Islamic Bank
Chairman
Association of Banks in Jordan
Abdelilah Belatik
Secretary General
General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI)
Iyad Asali
General Manager
Islamic International Arab Bank
Necdet Sensoy
Board member
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
Etsuaki Yoshida
Director & Senior Economist
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Nader Azar
Chief Executive Officer
Amman Stock Exchange (ASE)
Robert Ansari
Executive Director & Head
The Middle East Client Coverage Team
MSCI
United Arab Emirates
Omar Zohair Hafiz
Special Advisor to the President
Islamic Development Bank Group
Nasser Hideur
General Manager
Al Salam Bank Algeria
Algeria
Ahmed Al Sabbagh
General Manager
Islamic Insurance Co.
Jordan
Abdul Hamid Miah
Chief Executive Officer
Islamic Bank Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Marco Lichtfous
Partner
Deloitte Tax & Consulting
Luxemburg
James Packer
Managing Director
Industry
United Kingdom
Jaafar S. Abdulkadir
General Manager Islamic Banking
Kenya Commercial Bank
Kenya
Mohammed Khnifer
Senior Associate
Debt Capital Market ICD - IDB
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Prof. Ahcene Lahsasna
Deputy Director
The Research Management Center, INCEIF
Malaysia
Theodore Roosvelt Malloch
Professor of Strategic Leadership and Governance
Henley Business School University of Reading
United Kingdom
Umar Munshi
Chief Executive Officer
EthisKapital
Singapore
Mashair M.I. Sabir
Acting General Manager General Administration for Banking Regulation and Development
Central Bank of Sudan
Sudan
Mohammed Kateeb
Group Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Path Solutions
State of Kuwait
Jawad J. Abbassi
Head of MENA, Government & Regulatory Affairs
GSMA
United Arab Emirates
Salam Slim
Director
Global Solution Lead-Islamic Banking, Oracle Information Technology and Services
United Arab Emirates
Nicolas Cary
Co-Founder & President
Blockchain
United States of America
Andrew Cunningham
Founder
Darien Analytics Ltd
Hassan Amin Jarrar
Chief Executive Officer
Bahrain Islamic Bank
Kingdom of Bahrain
The Global forum will be convened in two days. It is being organised in Strategic Partnership with Jordan Islamic Bank (JIB) and Islamic International Arab Bank (IIAB) and in Cooperation with Association of Banks in Jordan.
Please get in touch with CIBAFI Secretariat for any queries and Forum registration, at events@cibafi.org or by phone +973 17357300
Global Forum sponsorship opportunities are also open for limited time, and are first-come-first-served. Please contactsponsorship@cibafi.org or call +973 1735 7380 for assistance.
We look forward to seeing you in Jordan.
© Press Release 2017
