Cryptocurrencies: How will Islamic finance and law (fiqh) adapt to the new economic paradigm?

WELCOME REMARKS

Dr Jonathan Ercanbrack
Chair, Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL), SOAS

CHAIR

Sir Ross Cranston
Former Judge of the High Court (Commercial), Visiting Professor, London School of Economics

PANELLISTS

H.E. Professor Dr Sano Koutoub Mustafa
Secretary General, OIC Islamic Fiqh Academy, Jeddah

His Excellency obtained a PhD in Islamic Finance with a very honorable distinction from the Higher Institute of Theology of al-Zaytuna University in Tunis in 2001. He was awarded a chair at the International Islamic University of Malaysia in 2001 to become the youngest professor in the history of the university, when he was thirty-five years old at the time. His Excellency held numerous academic and administrative positions, having worked as a university professor for 16 years, as a trustee of the International Islamic University of Malaysia, founding director of the International Institute for the Unity of the Islamic Nation in Malaysia, and chairman of the Shariah Council of Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions.

Mr. Harris Irfan
Chairman, UK Islamic FinTech Panel | CFO, Gateway Global | CEO, Cordoba Capital Ltd, London

Mr Harris Irfan is an investment banker with over two decades of experience in London and the Middle East. He co-founded the world leading Islamic finance team at Deutsche Bank in the early 2000s and was CEO of Deutsche’s Islamic subsidiary. He was Global Head of Islamic Finance at Barclays and Head of Investment Banking at European Islamic Investment Bank. He co-founded the UK Islamic FinTech Panel to boost London’s status as a centre for the Islamic finance industry, to create a global ecosystem and support network for Islamic and social impact fintechs, and to help clear policy hurdles with the UK government.

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