Islamic Finance

Conference
19th November, 2014

Innovative
funding for
infrastructure
projects
How can Islamic
Finance Assist
Commonwealth
developing countries
LSBF Sceptre Court
40 Tower Hill
London EC3N 4DX

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AGENDA
9-9.25 am Registration and tea and coffee

1pm-2pm Lunch

9.25 am Welcome: Jackie Mathers, Dean of

2-2.45 Session 3: Uses of Islamic finance in

9.30 am Keynote speech 1: Lord Marland,

Chair: Dr Andry Rakotovololona, Programme

Leader MSc Finance LSBF

Business School, LSBF

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, Kings College,
London
Massoud Jenekeh, Bank of London and the
Middle East Hilza Abd Al Rahim, Legal Counsel
at Arabesque Asset Management Ltd

11.15-11.45 am Tea and coffee

11.45-1pm Session 2: Commonwealth

Africa

Panellists: Iqbal Asaria, Adjunct Professor, INCEIF

Sahar Ata Islamic Finance consultant and
Associate Lecturer at LSBF.

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: Bilal Khan, Co-Chairman, Dome
Advisory and Shariah Scholar at Linklaters LLP
Manelle Bensoltane, Project Manager at IGDP
Samir Alamad (CSAA), Head of Shariaa
Compliance & Product Development at Islamic
Bank of Britain

Chair: Patsy Robertson, Chair of Trustees,

Ramphal Institute

For more details about your hosts please visit:

Chair: John Hilary, Director, War on Want, and

Trustee, Ramphal Institute

5pm Patsy Robertson closes the symposium

Arif Zaman, Head of Emerging Markets, Mettle

Consulting

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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

Key points arising: Sahar Ata, LSBF and Richard

Bourne, Ramphal Institute

Samantha Attridge, Economic Affairs Division,

Commonwealth Secretariat

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

4.15-5pm Final discussion

government options for infrastructure funding

Panellists: H E Joslyn Whiteman, High

Commissioner for Grenada

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.

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

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