(Managing Partner/ Founder, Dinar Standard, New York, NY) Shikoh is leading the development of

(Co-founder and Managing Partner, Shekra Crowdfunding, Cairo, Egypt) Shehab is Co-founder and Managing Partner, Shekra Crowdfunding and Visiting Professor for Islamic Finance at Zayed University in the UAE and an award-winning expert in crowd funding, Islamic finance and computer-based financial services. Additionally, he is currently consultant to the World Bank for Islamic finance and Venture Capital strategies in MENA. Prior to that he worked with a number of startups such as being Product Development Director and Head of Research for IdealRatings Inc. a San Francisco-based startup.

(Chief Executive Officer, IdealRatings, San Francisco, CA) Donia is the CEO and co-founder of IdealRatings, the market leader in screening Islamic equities, which is used globally across the Islamic finance industry by asset managers, index providers and brokers. He has many years of experience delivering solutions in the financial services marketplace.

(Trainee Solicitor, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, UK) Balala is a trainee solicitor at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London, UK. She holds a common law degree, Shari‘a degree, and Masters in Comparative Law from the International Islamic University Malaysia. She received her Masters in Jurisprudence, BCL, and PhD in law from University of Oxford, Lincoln College. Balala is the recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Comprehensive Excellence at IIUM, of Outstanding Contribution to Debate and Public Speaking presented by Dr.