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
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
RATINGS: Muhammad Owais Atta Siddiqui
country manager and sovereign analyst, Islamic International Rating Agency
REAL ESTATE: Philip Churchill
founder partner, 90 North Real Estate Partners
RISK MANAGEMENT: Mohamed Afzal
corporate credit supervisor and acting head of Credit, Tamweel AlOula
SRI ETHICAL & GREEN: Dr Mohamed Wail Aaminou
general manager, Al Maali Consulting Group
STRUCTURED FINANCE: Mohammad Aamir
former credit analyst, Islamic International Rating Agency
TAKAFUL & RE-TAKAFUL (ASIA): Marcel Omar Papp
head of Retakaful, Swiss Re Retakaful
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: Asad Qayyum
senior 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
SRI LANKA: Shazuli Raheem
senior banker and Shariah expert, Amana Bank
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
UZBEKISTAN: Hondamir Nusrathujaev
board member, AAOIFI