The Global Connect Forum will showcase groundbreaking ideas, insights and key actionable steps from leading experts with regards to the integration of sustainability, unlocking opportunities for businesses, financial institutions, professionals and other stakeholders in the Halal economy and the Islamic finance industry.
Dr. Omar Suleiman
Founder & President
Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research
Iqbal Khan
Chief Executive Officer
Fajr Capital
Gita Irawan Wirjawan
Former Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia
Educator and Entrepreneur
Dr. Ashraf A. Mahate
Chief Economist
Trade and Export Market Development, Dubai Exports
Tan Sri Dato' Sri Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa
Chairman
Maybank
Datuk Yasmin Mahmood
Managing Partner
FutureReady Consulting
Dr. Aamir A. Rehman
Chair, Innate Capital Partners
Senior Fellow, Columbia Business School
Daud Vicary Abdullah
Founding Trustee
RFI Foundation
Dawood Su Han
Chief Executive Officer
AminBio
Blake Goud
Chief Executive Officer
RFI Foundation
Diana Sabrain
Chief Executive Officer
OneAgrix
Dr Hamim Syahrum Ahmad Mokhtar
Deputy Director
Islamic Banking & Takaful Dept, Bank Negara Malaysia
Ayman Sejiny
Chief Executive Officer
Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)
Prof. Paresh Kumar Narayan
Professor, Centre for Global Business
Monash University
Dr. Ziyaad Mahomed
Associate Dean/Director, Executive Education & E-learning
International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF)
Dr. Nida Khan
Founder & CEO
Nash fintechX
Dr. Zamir Iqbal
Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Dr. Umar Aditiawarman
Deputy Director
National Committee of Islamic Economy and Finance of the Republic of Indonesia (KNEKS)
Wolfgang Lehmacher
Former Director & Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries
World Economic Forum
Arina Kok
Partner
Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young Consulting Sdn Bhd
Harris Irfan
Chief Financial Officer, Gateway Global
Chairman, UK Islamic FinTech Panel
Peter Gould
Chief Executive Officer
Gould Studio
Umar Munshi
Group MD & Co-Founder
Ethis Group
Shafie Shamsuddin
Chief Executive Officer
AEON Group Malaysia
James Vaccaro
Chief Executive Officer
RePattern
Dr. Marco Tieman
Chief Executive Officer
LBB International & Professor at HELP University
Dato' Mohamed Rafique Merican
Group CEO
Islamic Banking, Maybank
Romy Buchari
Head, Shariah Banking (UUS)
Maybank Indonesia
Dr. Sayd Farook
Head, Group Strategy
Crescent Wealth
Dima Djani
Chief Executive Officer
ALAMI
Ashar Nazim
Group CEO
Aion Digital
Luqman Hariz
Awani Anchor & Journalist
Mustafa Aydemir
Deputy Chairman
MUSIAD Malaysia
Deepesh Patel
Editorial Director
Trade Finance Global (TFG)
Akram Mackeen
Executive Vice President & Head, CEBE
Maybank Islamic Berhad
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Starting off the discussion, Dato’ Mohamed Rafique Merican noted that though both of these concepts have been in existence for quite some time, the Halal and Islamic finance industries have grown rather independent