Browse Archives
Keynote Address
Speaker: David Parker – Executive Director, Financial Services Business Development, Bahrain Economic Development Board
How are Equity Crowdfunding and PropTech Altering the Real Estate Landscape?
Moderator: Philip Churchill – Founder and Managing Partner,90 North Real Estate Partners Panelists: Anouar Adham – CEO, MercyCrowd Azeemeh Zaheer – Managing Director, Naissance Capital Javed Khan – CEO, PropTech Crowd Zeeshan Uppal – COO & Co-Founder, Yielders
Evaluating options for Shariah compliant real estate structures
Moderator: Abradat Kamalpour – Partner, Ashurst Panelists: Kamal Ikherrazen – Head of Operations, WCP Investments LP Naomi Heaton – Chief Executive Officer, London Central Portfolio Simon Swann – Partner, Ashurst
Presentation: Opportunities in the US for Real Estate Investors
Dan Cooper – Partner, Head of North America, 90 North Real Estate Partners
Presentation: The Regulatory Environment Affecting Real Estate Transactions
Jake Green – Partner, Ashurst
The Global Real Estate Market: Who’s investing, in what and where?
Moderator: David Jones – Partner and Head of Capital Markets – Ashurst LLP Panelists: Aly Meghani – Vice President, International Real Estate, SEDCO Capital UK Kevin Aitchison – CEO, Knight Frank Investment Management Paul Perris – Group Managing Director, Crestbridge Philip Churchill – Founder and Managing Partner,90 North Real Estate Partners Richard Ellis – Partner, Amiri Capital, the UAE Richard Payne – Director and Head of Real Estate Finance, Bank of London and the Middle East
Welcome Remarks
Abradat Kamalpour –Partner, Ashurst
IFN Debate: This House Believes a Post Brexit Europe Will Create More Opportunities for Emerging Islamic Finance Markets
Debate Moderator: Tariq S. J. Alrifai – Chief Executive, Quorum Centre for Strategic Studies Debaters: Ashley Freeman – President, Gateway John Sandwick – General Manager, Safa Investment Services, Switzerland Mustafa Hussain – Partner, Taylor Wessing Richard Thomas – Managing Director, Sustainable Economy (former CEO, Gatehouse Bank)
Launch of the Quorum Report
Tariq S. J. Alrifai – Chief Executive, Quorum Centre for Strategic Studies
Interview:Creating Tomorrow’s Leaders
Solving the Industry’s Human Capital Conundrum Interviewee: Celia De Anca – Director of the Saudi-Spanish Centre for Islamic Economics and Finance, at IE Business School, Spain Interviewer: Fara Mohammad – Consultant – Director of Islamic Finance, Foot Anstey
Responsible Investing: The Shift towards Green Finance, ESG & Ethical Funds
Moderator: Stuart Hutton – Chief Investment Officer, Simply Ethical, the UK Panelists: Andrew Whiley – Head of Communications & Media, Climate Bonds Initiative Antonia Stirling – Global Head of Corporate Stewardship, Aberdeen Asset Management Edward Baker – Senior Policy Advisor, Principles for Responsible Investment Kamran Butt – Managing Director – Head of International Business Development and Advisory, SEDCO Capital, Saudi Arabia Jane Wilkinson – Head of Sustainable Finance, Luxembourg Stock Exchange
How is Fintech Changing the Face of Islamic Capital Raising and Investing?
Moderator: David Parker – Executive Director, Financial Services Business Development, Bahrain Economic Development Board Panelists: Anass Patel – Chief Eexecutive Officer, ConexCap Mohammad Farrukh Raza – Founder and Managing Director, IFAAS Olivier Merlan – Deputy General Manager and Co-Founder, Logos ITS, Luxembourg Shahbaz Mirza – Director, Finocracy Suhail Ahmad – Partner, Exolta Capital Partners