IFN Correspondents
Interested in becoming an IFN Correspondent? Are you a senior practitioner in Islamic finance with expertise in your chosen field? Then we want to hear from you.
IFN Correspondents provide brief and concise monthly updates on specific markets and/or sectors to ensure our readers receive the very best in up-to-date information from the front lines of the industry.
To find out more, please contact [email protected].
IFN Sector Correspondents
EDUCATION: Dr Kamola Bayram
assistant professor, KTO Karatay University, Turkey and project consultant and advisor for project management, International Council of Islamic Finance Educators
EQUITY CAPITAL MARKETS: Dr Mohammed Ishaq Ali
head of equity funds, ANB Invest
FINTECH: Lingxi Wang
senior associate, Foot Anstey
HALAL INDUSTRY: Dr Sutan Emir Hidayat
director, Islamic Economy Supporting Ecosystem, National Committee for Islamic Economy and Finance (KNEKS)
LAW: Dr Nicolas Bremer
partner, Alexander & Partner
LEASING: Shoeb Sharieff
president, Ijara CDC, Ijara Community Development Corp
LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT: Hichem Bouqniss
executive director, International Islamic Liquidity Management
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Burak Gencoglu
partner, Gencoglu & Ergun Law Firm
MICROFINANCE: Mohammed R Kroessin
head of Islamic microfinance, Islamic Relief Worldwide
PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE CAPITAL: Dr Vladimir Malenko
director, FairFinance
REAL ESTATE: Philip Churchill
founder partner, 90 North Real Estate Partners
RISK MANAGEMENT: Mohamed Afzal
risk manager (head of risk) and secretary to the Credit and Risk Committee, Tamweel AlOula
STRUCTURED FINANCE: Mohammad Aamir
former credit analyst, Islamic International Rating Agency
TAKAFUL & RE-TAKAFUL (ASIA): Marcel Omar Papp
head of Retakaful, Swiss Re Retakaful
WAQF: Akmal Saleem
CEO, Waqfinity
IFN Country Correspondents
AFGHANISTAN: Manezha Sukhanyar
former head of Islamic banking, Maiwand Bank
ALGERIA: Dr Ahmed Tahiri Jouti
co-CEO, Al Maali Consultancy Group
BAHRAIN: Dr Hatim El-Tahir
director of Islamic Finance Knowledge Center, Deloitte & Touche
BANGLADESH: Md Touhidul Alam Khan
additional managing director, Standard Bank
BRAZIL: Fabio Figuera
partner, Catão & Tocantins Advogados
CANADA: Mohamad Sawwaf
co-founder & CEO, Manzil
CHINA: Wafee Yeung
managing director, Allalah Consulting
EGYPT: Dr Walid Hegazy
managing partner, Hegazy & Associates
GHANA: Shaibu Ali
director-general, Islamic Finance Research Institute of Ghana
HONG KONG: Wafee Yeung
managing director, Allalah Consulting
INDIA: Dr Syed Salman
Shariah finance expert, Eco-Ethics Consultancy
INDONESIA: Irwan Abdalloh
head, Islamic Capital Market, Indonesia Stock Exchange
IRAN: Majid Pireh
islamic finance expert, Securities & Exchange Organization of Iran
ITALY: Stefano Loconte
managing partner, Loconte & Partners
IVORY COAST: Abbas Cherif
CEO, Islamic Finance Intelligence and Management
JAPAN: Dr Etsuaki Yoshida
project associate professor, Kyoto University
KUWAIT: Issam Al Tawari
managing partner, Newbury Economic Consultancy
MALAYSIA: Ruslena Ramli
head, Islamic finance, RAM Rating
MALDIVES: Dr Aishath Muneeza
chairman of Shariah Board, Alia Investments
MOROCCO: Dr Ahmed Tahiri Jouti
co-CEO, Al Maali Consultancy Group
NIGERIA: Hajara Adeola
managing director and CEO, Lotus Capital
OFFSHORE CENTERS: Manuela Belmontes
partner, Maples & Calder (Dubai)
OMAN: Hussein M Azmy
associate, Al Busaidy, Mansoor Jamal & Co
PAKISTAN: Muhammad Shoaib Ibrahim
managing director & CEO, First Habib Modaraba
PHILIPPINES: Rafael A Morales
managing partner, Morales & Lumagui
QATAR: Amjad Hussain
partner, K&L Gates
RUSSIA: Dr Ilyas Zaripov
member, Partnership Banking Working Group, Central Bank of the Russian Federation
SAUDI ARABIA: Nabil Issa
partner, King & Spalding
SENEGAL: Pierre Alexandre Lette
guarantee services lawyer, Banque Islamique Du Senegal
TUNISIA: Mohamed Araar
general directorate of External Financing and Settlements, deputy director of Private Financing and International Relations Department, Central Bank of Tunisia
TURKEY: Fatma Cinar
head, international relations, Participation Banks Association of Turkey
UAE: Anita Yadav
CEO, Global Credit Advisory
UK: Dr Scott Levy
CEO, Bedford Row Capital
US: Khurram Agha
founder and CEO, Aghaz Investments
UZBEKISTAN: Hondamir Nusrathujaev
board member, AAOIFI