Global Islamic Economy upcoming focus sessions
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Join the upcoming Global Islamic Economy Summit (GIES) focus sessions. As part of GIES initiative the IFG community would like to invite you to select the topics of your interest. The IFG community will host the following sessions: Session 2: Understanding the Muslim Consumer Speaker: Shelina Janmohamed, Vice President, Ogilvy Noor Date: Wednesday, 9 th October 2013 Discussion Points: - Why are Muslim consumers such an important market demographic? - Which industry sectors should be focusing on the Muslim consumer market? - What are some of the major challenges for marketing to Muslim consumers? Session 3: Is it time to stop calling it Islamic Finance? Speaker: Moinuddin Malim, CEO, Mashreq Al Islami Date: Wednesday, 23 rd October 2013 Discussion Points: - Is the term ‘Islamic’ hindering the acceptance of Islamic Finance? - What are the market implications for banks that move away from being ‘Islamic’ towards a more inclusive term like ‘participatory’? - Are Islamic banks able to target the ethical consumer market? Session 4: Halal as an Asset Class? Speaker: Rushdi Siddiqui, Founder & CEO, Azka Capital Date: Wednesday, 6 th November 2013 Discussion Points:
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Thomson Reuters IFG community held a Focus Session in advance of the Global Islamic Economy Summit with Dr. Sayd Farook, Head of Islamic Capital Markets for Thomson Reuters, and Abdalhamid Evans, the founder of Imarat Consultants. After a brief presentation on the status of the Global Islamic Economy, which measures in the hundreds of billion dollars today and has the potential to transform out of niche status in coming years, they engaged with members of the community to discuss the potential for the Islamic Economy.
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Join the upcoming Global Islamic Economy Summit (GIES) focus sessions. As part of GIES initiative the IFG community would like to invite you to select the topics of your interest.
The IFG community will host the following sessions:
Session 2: Understanding the Muslim Consumer
Speaker: Shelina Janmohamed, Vice President, Ogilvy Noor
Date: Wednesday, 9th October 2013
Discussion Points:
- Why are Muslim consumers such an important market demographic?- Which industry sectors should be focusing on the Muslim consumer market?- What are some of the major challenges for marketing to Muslim consumers?
Session 3: Is it time to stop calling it Islamic Finance?
Speaker: Moinuddin Malim, CEO, Mashreq Al Islami
Date: Wednesday, 23rd October 2013
Discussion Points:
- Is the term ‘Islamic’ hindering the acceptance of Islamic Finance?- What are the market implications for banks that move away from being ‘Islamic’ towards a
more inclusive term like ‘participatory’?- Are Islamic banks able to target the ethical consumer market?
Session 4: Halal as an Asset Class?
Speaker: Rushdi Siddiqui, Founder & CEO, Azka Capital
Date: Wednesday, 6th November 2013
Discussion Points:
- Halal Food and Islamic Finance – twins separated at birth- Why should Halal food be seen as an asset class by the Islamic Finance sector?- What can Islamic Finance learn from the Halal food sector?
The timings of the sessions are going to be announced.
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To register for the Global Islamic Economy summit http://globalislamiceconomy.com/
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About the speakers
Session 2: About Shelina Janmohamed
She is a British writer. She grew up in North London and studied at New College, Oxford. She is the author of Love in a Headscarf, a memoir of growing up as a British Musilim woman.
Janmohamed has written articles for The times, The Guardian, The National, The Muslim News and Emel magazine focusing on Islam and current affairs. She has a particular interest in Muslim women and Islam in the West.
Session 3: About Moinuddin Malim
Moinuddin is the CEO of Mashreq Al-Islami Finance Company PJSC and Head of Islamic Banking Division of Mashreq PSC. He Responsible for the Islamic banking and finance initiative at the Mashreq group level of finance and banking for wholesale and retail banking.
He has over 20 years of Islamic Banking Experience, whilst working directly with the world's leading Shari'ah Scholars.
Session 4: About Rushdi Siddiqui
Rushdi Siddiqui is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Azka Capital, a private equity advisory firm focused on halal industry initiatives with Islamic financing (convergence).
He is also co-founder of Shekra, Shariah compliant crowd funding offering in Egypt.
Rushdi Siddiqui was Global Head of Islamic Finance & OIC Countries for Thomson Reuters, he is now an advisor to Thomson Reuters for Islamic finance, Halal Industry and OIC countries. He has held managerial positions (in Islamic finance) at western multinational companies.
