Institute for International Research

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be the Keynote Speaker at the International Islamic Finance Forum – North America. Anwar is currently running for the Prime Minister slot in Malaysia. Leveraging his background as the former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar will speak about creating a strong financial and legal infrastructure for generating growth in alternative investing such as Islamic bonds and banking services in North America.

He is joined at the conference by Ms. Nouran Z. Youssef, Research Analyst (Public Debt Management) at Egypt’s Ministry of Finance, as well as two dozen other expert speakers on the US$1trillion a year Islamic finance industry. They include:

Mr. Phelan Hill, Head - Ifslamic Finance Tax Policy, HM Treasury, United Kingdom

Mr. Richard Debs, Chairman Emeritus - US-Saudi Arabia Business Council; Founding President, Morgan Stanley International

Mufti Dr. Mohammad Zubair Usmani, Shariah Scholar, MCB Bank

Dr. Humayon Dar, BMP Islamic

Fahad Al-Zumai, Manager of Legal Affairs and Shariah Compliance, Bank of the Middle East and London, PLC

 International Islamic Finance Forum - North America official event website