Founder Chairman, Social Investment Bank Ltd.; Dhaka, Bangladesh M.A. Mannan is Founder and Chairman of Social Investment Bank Ltd. Prior to this, he worked at the Islamic Development Bank as an Economist and at King Abdulaziz and Georgetown Universities as a Professor. He has nearly 40 years of experience working in Islamic banking, finance, and economic planning. Mannan holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Michigan.
Chief Executive Officer, Al Baraka Investment and Development Company; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Saleh J. Malaikah is the Chief Executive Officer of Al Baraka Investment and Development Company and Al Tawfeek Company for Investment Funds Ltd. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Al Baraka Group. He has taught at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals since 1983 and is now an Associate Professor of Finance and Investment there. Malaikah has a Ph.D. in Business Administration, Finance, and Investment from the University of Michigan.
Financial Controller, The International Investor; Safat, Kuwait Koshy Zacharia Karuvelil is Financial Controller of The International Investor, where he handles financial and managerial accounting, tax structuring, and the international operations of the company. He was formerly Chief Accountant of Kuwait and Middle East Financial Investment Company. Karuvelil has an M.A. in Accounting and Commerce from Kerala University (India) and is a chartered accountant in the United Kingdom. He has spoken at international conferences in the U.A.E. and Belgium.
Deputy Secretary General for Investment, Kuwait AwqÄf Public Foundation; Safat, Kuwait Khaled R. Al-Hajeri is Deputy Secretary General for Investment at the Kuwait AwqÄf Public Foundation.
President, The Findley Company; Pasadena, Calif. Gary S. Findley is President of The Findley Company and an attorney at law. The Findley Company is a bank consulting business in the western United States and consists of three entities. Gary Steven Findley & Associates is a law firm specializing in the organization, reorganization, merger, and acquisition of independent banks and other financial institutions. The Findley Reports is a banking publication and educational organization.
Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Benjamin C. Esty is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches the advanced corporate finance class and a variety of Executive Education programs. His current research focuses on how firms structure, value, and finance large-scale capital projects with a particular focus on project finance; he has written on a broad range of topics related to the financial services industry.
President and Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Bank USA; Buffalo, N.Y. I. Malcolm Burnett is President and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bank USA, the U.S. commercial banking arm of HSBC Holdings Plc and a subsidiary of HSBC USA Inc. He is an HSBC Group General Manager and oversees all Group business activities in the United States. His former positions within HSBC, which he joined in London in 1966, include Group General Manager, COO of Marine Midland Bank (now HSBC Bank USA), and COO of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Singapore.
Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, Grambling State University; Grambling, La. Abdel Hameed M. Bashir is an Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at Grambling State University. His research interests are in Islamic banking and finance and economic development and growth. Bashir has an M.S. in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A recent publication of his, Ethical Norms and Enforcement Mechanism in Profit-sharing Arrangements, appeared in the Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business.
President, American Finance House – LARIBA; Pasadena, Calif. Mike Abdelaaty is President of American Finance House – LARIBA, a California finance company specializing in LARIBA-type transactions to meet the needs of individuals, professionals, and businesses. He possesses over twenty years of traditional banking experience, both locally and in the Middle East. Abdelaaty has held positions with Bank of America, The Sanwa Bank Limited and its subsidiary, Sanwa Bank California, and The Saudi Investment Bank. Abdelaaty received a B.S.