Islamic Finance Week 2018 - UK | REDmoney Group | 5 September 2018 | Mansion House, Walbrook, London EC4N 8BH, UK

Working closely with the UK authorities and hosted in tandem with the UK government’s annual Global Islamic Financial Investment Group, the event will comprise a full one-day event covering all the latest developments and key topics in Europe’s Islamic finance landscape; along with a series of additional events, breakout sessions and focus groups throughout the following week to bring together leading practitioners and drill down into the nuts and bolts of doing business in Europe. Across an array of sectors from real estate and fintech to human capital, education and regulation, the Islamic Finance Week will shine a spotlight on the latest opportunities in the region and how to take advantage of them.

European markets have continued to demonstrate a strong commitment to Islamic finance with an emphasis on growing the Islamic investment industry. In addition to real estate investment funds, Europe is also a vibrant market for alternative investment funds, private equity, retail, hedge funds and SRI investing. While the UK has made strides forwards with its supportive regulatory environment, attractive Sukuk listing location and booming real estate market, other countries are also making their mark. Luxembourg continues to be a key platform for Shariah compliant funds while also pioneering the green finance movement, while France is making leaps and bounds in the Islamic fintech arena and Germany continues its headway into the retail banking space. And of course, the exclusive announcement from the UK government at IFN Europe Forum 2017 regarding the reissuance in 2019 of its GBP200 million (US$264.1 million) Sukuk refocuses attention on the European capital markets, and how they can leverage sovereign support to kick-start corporate issuance.

2018 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

Arshadur Rahman
Manager, Shariah Compliant Project, Bank of England

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

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

Mohamed Damak
Senior Director and Global Head of Islamic Finance, S&P Global Ratings

Muhammad Gunawan Yasni
Member of National Shariah Board – Indonesian Council of Ulemas

Naomi Heaton
CEO, London Central Portfolio

Nasir Zubairi
CEO, LHoFT

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 plc

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

Omar Rana
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Finalytix

Philip Churchill
Founder and Managing Partner, 90 North Real Estate Partners

Philip Judge
CEO, Physical Gold Fund

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

Stuart Jarvis
Investment Director, Rosette Merchant Bank

Tariq Alrifai
CEO, Quorum Centre for Strategic Studies

Tom Sleigh
UK Country Manager, Deposit Solutions

Xuan Jin
Associate, White & Case

Zeeshan Uppal
Co-Founder, Yielders

Ashar Nazim
Managing Director, Finocracy

Ashley Freeman
CEO and Partner, Gateway

Asim Khan
CEO, Khalij Islamic

Bik Bhuptani
Director, Greenridge

Fara Mohammad
Consultant – Director of Islamic Finance, Foot Anstey

Farmida Bi
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright

Harris Irfan
Chairman, UK Islamic FinTech Panel

Michael Rainey
Partner, King & Spalding

Mohammad Farrukh Raza
Managing Director, IFAAS

Natalie Schoon
Principal Consultant, Formabb

Paul McVeity
Partner, DLA Piper

Sam Broadhead
CEO, Rosette Merchant Bank

Sheikh Bilal Khan
Partner, Dome Advisory

Stella Cox
Managing Director, DDGI

Stephen Openshaw
CEO and Managing Director, Eiger Trading Advisors

Tallat Hussain
Counsel, White & Case

Wayne Evans
Senior Advisor International Strategy, TheCityUK

2018 Sponsors

SUPPORTED BY
• City of London
• The City UK

ASSET MANAGEMENT BREAKOUT PARTNER
• Luxembourg for Finance

EXCLUSIVE LEAD FINTECH PARTNER
• Bahrain EDB

EXCLUSIVE LEAD REAL ESTATE PARTNER
• Ashurst

SUPPORTED BY
• The Dubai Islamic Economy Development Center (DIEDC)

MULTILATERAL STRATEGIC PARTNERS
• The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)
• The Islamic Corporation for The Insurance Of Investment And Export Credit (ICIEC)
• International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
• The Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD)
• IDB Group Business Forum (THIQAH)

PARTNERS
• 90 North Real Estate Partners
• Acreditus
• Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
• Abdul Rahman Law Corporation (ARLC)
• DDCAP Group
• Eiger
• HelloGold
• IdealRatings
• Islamic Finance Advisory & Assurance Services
• London Stock Exchange
• Luxembourg for Finance
• Moody's Investors Service
• Rosette Merchant Bank
• South Street Asset Management
• The Perth Mint
• Trowers & Hamlins
• VG Group

HOST MEDIA PARTNERS
• Islamic Finance news
• IFNFintech
• IFN Corporate
• UK Islamic Finance

MEDIA PARTNERS
• AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics
• Alpha Journal
• CMO Asia
• Dunia Fintech.com
• Focus Economics
• Global Business Magazine & News
• ICO Holder
• iSfin
• Middle East Business Magazine & News
• Oxford Business Group
• Peer2Peer Finance News
• SME Magazine
• The SME Times
• The Business Year