Taylor, Dawood

Assistant General Manager & Head of Takaful Tacawuni, Bank Aljazira; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Dawood Taylor is Assistant General Manager and Head of Takaful Tacawuni at Bank Aljazira. He spent three years researching and developing the first takaful tacawuni (Islamic life insurance) operation in the Middle East. The development also resulted in the first commercially available software for the international takaful tacawuni market. In 2001, Taylor helped introduce to the Saudi market a full suite of takaful tacawuni products—individual and corporate, and both risk and investment. Prior to this, Taylor was Assistant General Manager at Arab National Bank, Head of Investment Department – Western Region of Saudi Arabia, where he successfully introduced the Al Hilal Islamic fund to the local market, one of the first Dow Jones Islamic Index funds launched in Saudi Arabia. Prior to joining Arab National Bank, Taylor was Western Region Manager in the Saudi Arabia for a major offshore insurance broker. Taylor, a British Muslim, has lived and worked in the Saudi Arabia since 1974.