How can Islamic Finance Assist

Commonwealth developing countries

19th November, 2014

Innovative funding for

infrastructure projects

Islamic Finance Conference

LSBF Sceptre Court40 Tower HillLondon EC3N 4DX

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The London School of Business & Finance is proud to host this inaugural conference with the Ramphal Institute, exploring the economic possibilities for sustainable advancement within the Commonwealth. We hope this will be the first of many more fruitful ventures to come.

The objective of this symposium is to set out, for Commonwealth developing countries, the opportunities for governments and the private sector to raise finance for infrastructure from sharia-compliant (sukuk) sources

Target Audience Representatives of High Commissions in London, banks and other purveyors of sukuk, aid agencies and think-tanks have been invited to take part in this conference.

RSVP please email ifconferencersvp@lsbf.org.uk

For more details about your hosts please visit:

www.lsbf.org.uk www.ramphalinstitute.org

We would like to thank Richard Bourne (Trustee, Ramphal Institute), Sahar Ata and Dr. Andry Rakotovololona.

9-9.25 am Registration and tea and coffee

9.25 am Welcome: Jackie Mathers, Dean of Business School, LSBF

9.30 am Keynote speech 1: Lord Marland, Chairman, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council

Keynote speech 2: Sir Iqbal Sacranie OBE, Founding Secretary General at The Muslim Council of Britain, Member of the International Advisory Panel at World Islamic Economic Forum, Chairman Board of Trustees at Al Risaalah Education Trust, Senior Deputy President at World Memon Organisation

10:05-11.15 am Session 1: Experience of supplying and utilising Sukuk

Chair: Dr Aly Khorshid, Islamic Finance Scholar, Fellow (Visiting) ICMA Centre Reading University, Professor (Visiting) UTM University of Malaysia,

Panellists: Sir Iqbal Sacraie, OBE

Dr Ashraf Mishrif, Senior Lecturer, King’s College, London

Massoud Jenekeh, Bank of London and the Middle East

11.15-11.45 am Tea and coffee

11.45-1pm Session 2: Commonwealth government options for infrastructure funding

Chair: John Hilary, Director, War on Want, and Trustee, Ramphal Institute

Panellists: H E Joslyn Whiteman, High Commissioner for Grenada

Samantha Attridge, Economic Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat

Nash Jaffer, Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor

1pm-2pm Lunch

2-2.45 Session 3: Uses of Islamic finance in Africa

Chair: Dr Andry Rakotovololona, Programme Leader MSc Finance LSBF

Panellists: Iqbal Asaria, Adjunct Professor, INCEIF

Sahar Ata, Islamic Finance consultant and Associate Lecturer at LSBF.

Waheed Qaiser, President at Maxim Corp Finance LLP

2.45-3.15 Tea

3.15-4.15 Session 4: Sharia compliance for countries with small Muslim populations: is there a case for a Commonwealth Sharia Board

Chair: Omar Shaikh, Executive Board, Islamic Finance Council

Panellists: Sheikh Bilal Khan, Co Chairman of Dome Advisory & UKTI Catalyst

Hilza Abd Al Rahim, Legal Counsel at Arabesque Asset Management Ltd

Samir Alamad (CSAA), Head of Sharia’a Compliance & Product Development at Islamic Bank of Britain

4.15-5pm Final discussion

Chair: Patsy Robertson, Chair of Trustees, Ramphal Institute

Key points arising: Sahar Ata, LSBF and Richard Bourne, Ramphal Institute

5pm Patsy Robertson closes the symposium

AGENDA

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