Professor Humayon Dar is the Chairman, President & CEO of Edbiz Consulting Limited, a London-based Islamic financial consulting firm. He is a leading spokesman for the Islamic financial services industry, and has played lead roles in a number of global initiatives for the development of Islamic finance. As an Islamic financial innovator, he has helped…
Dr. Julian Chang is now working with Laureate International Universities’ China group based in Shanghai. Prior to that, he was Associate Dean for Student Life at Schwarzman Scholars at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he aided in the strategic oversight, development, management, administration, and implementation of the program, with a specific emphasis on, and responsibility…
Ms. Meryl Bushell currently runs her own consultancy and coaching business (specializing in procurement strategy and coaching of fellow Chief Procurement Officers) after having spent many years in the telecommunications industry. Previously, Ms. Bushell was Chief Procurement Officer at British Telecommunications PLC where she was responsible for an annual spend budget of £7 billion and…
Mr. Robin Buchanan has a long-standing, highly successful career in senior management consultancy positions and is recognised as one of the best consultants of his generation. He is the former Dean and President of London Business School. Under his leadership the School was, for the first time, ranked number one in the world for both…
Sir David William Brewer was the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London from 2008 to 2015, appointed by Her Majesty The Queen. He was Lord Mayor of London between 2005 and 2006. Sir David grew up in Hampstead, went to St. Paul’s School and then Université de Grenoble, France. He commenced his career in 1959 with Sedgwick…
Dr. Claude Béglé began his renowned international career in Nepal, Lebanon and Zimbabwe, where he worked for the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then for the International Red Cross. From there, Dr. Béglé joined the Nestle Group and continued his international career for a further fourteen years, working in various countries abroad. As Managing…
Mr. François Barrault is Chairman and Founder of FDB Partners SPRL, an investment and advisory firm in TMT and renewable energy. Mr. Barrault started his career as a researcher in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence with IBM Corporation, then founded and sold several businesses. He has held senior positions in a number of large global companies, in…
Since 2003, Mr. Bernard Attali has held the post of Senior Advisor for Texas Pacific Group in France. He is also Senior Advisor (of counsel) for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Member of the Board of Directors of Air Canada and of International Power (GDF/Suez). Mr. Attali has held important private positions in addition to high…
Mr. Nasser Alshaali is currently the Managing Director of Sabertia, a co-investment platform connecting global capital with opportunities in non-core markets. He is also a co-founder of Sophic Advisory, focusing on the GCC and Maldives markets. Mr. Alshaali was the CEO of the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), where he established the leading financial hub…
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