Affiliate, Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program; Cambridge, Mass. Fatima Raja is a recent graduate of Harvard College and a former researcher at the Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program (HIFIP). She is now Features and Books Editor at The Friday Times in Lahore, Pakistan.
President, Polaris Capital Management; Boston, Mass. Bernard R. Horn, Jr., is President of Polaris Capital Management, which manages global and international equity accounts. He was previously an investment officer for MDT Advisors, Inc., a former director of Lexington Savings Bank, and an active participant of the Audit, Loan, and Asset/Liability Committee.
Reader, Department of Economics, Loughborough University; Leicester, United Kingdom Maximilian J.B. Hall is a Reader in Economics at Loughborough University. He teaches comparative banking, monetary theory and policy, and macroeconomics. In close contact with the U.K. Department of the Environment, the Bank of England, and H.M. Treasury, Hall is involved in an unofficial advisory capacity concerned with the relative merits of alternative local authority borrowing reform proposals. This study was developed from his Ph.D.
Managing Director, Key Global Capital; Boston, Mass. James Godec is Managing Director at Key Global Capital.
Division Manager, Corporate Business Development and Group Sales, Bank Aljazira; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Omar C. Fisher is currently a Division Manager for Bank Aljazira. Between 1997-2000, Fisher founded and launched First Takaful USA.
Head, Private Law Department, International Islamic University Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Engku Rabiah Adawiah Engku Ali is currently the head of the Private Law Department, Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). She obtained her LL.B. (sharica) with first class honors from IIUM. She successfully completed her Master of Comparative Law (MCL) with distinction from IIUM. She was later conferred a Ph.D. in law by the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Managing Director, Oasis Asset Management; Durban, South Africa Adam Ebrahim is the Managing Director of Oasis Asset Management. He is a member of a number of South African accounting and investment professional associations. Ebrahim received a Bachelor of Social Science in Economics and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Cape Town. Ebrahim is a chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst. He is currently involved with the Oasis Crescent Fund.
Advisor, The National Commercial Bank; London, United Kingdom Fred Crawford is presently Advisor at the National Commercial Bank and was previously Division Head at the National Bank of Saudi Arabia’s Investment Services, with which he has been associated since 1984. From 1970 to 1979, Crawford worked for Citicorp as Vice President and Market Manager, a position in which he organized a large number of major transactions.
General Manager, Kuwait Finance House; Safat, Kuwait Jassar Al Jassar has been the General Manager of Kuwait Finance House (KFH) since January 2000. He was previously the Deputy General Manager at KFH, managing that institution’s investment sector, commercial sector, technology sector, and public relations and information department. Prior to that, he was Assistant General Manager at KFH in the investment sector, and he held a senior management position at The International Investor from 1992-1995.
Vice Chairman & CEO Elect, Albaraka & The International Investor; Safat, Kuwait Adnan Al Bahar is currently the Vice Chairman & CEO Elect of the newly-formed Albaraka & The International Investor. He is also the Chairman of The International Investor, which he founded in 1992. He started his career in banking and was the General Manager of Kuwait Finance House between 1984 and 1990. Before founding the International Investor, Al Bahar was the Managing Director of the London-based Al Rajhi Company for Islamic Investments. He holds a B.A.