Nazneen Halim
Editor

Nazneen is a huge fan of instant gratification, which is why this Environmental Management graduate from Monash University chose to tread the path of financial journalism instead. Because it would take much longer to change policies on carbon control than it would to change fiscal policies. And we all know that money makes the world go round.

Having been with REDmoney for three years now — first as deputy editor of the weekly Islamic Finance news and now with Islamic Finance Asia, Nazneen has seen the Islamic finance market grow from being the stepchild of the secular economy into being dubbed as the only hope to resuscitate the flailing free markets. Nazneen hopes to one day see Islamic finance being practiced in its truest form and, perhaps, see this sector do its bid for the environment. One polar bear at a time.

Nazneen can be contacted at: Nazneen.Halim@REDmoneygroup.com

Columnist

President & CEO, SHAPE™ Financial Corp. Arlington, Virginia and Kuwait. Consultants to the US and international financial community in matters relating to Shariah compliant financial structuring; sub-advisor to the global securities industry with respect to Sukuk and other forms of Islamic transactional issuance; and Islamic banking training resource. Present & past clients include University Bank of Ann Arbor, APICORP of Saudi Arabia, FWU Group of Germany, Salam Financial Corp. of Toronto, Siraj Capital, Ltd. of Jeddah, First Investment of Kuwait, Qatar Consulting of Doha, Khazaen Venture Capital of Kuwait, Taj Capital of Toronto, and others.

Abdulkader has over 25 years of diversified financial services experience. A graduate of the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy in international trade, Abdulkader earned a BA with honors in Arabic & Islamic Studies from the University of Chicago.

Based in Kuwait, Abdulkader has worked in Bahrain, New York, London, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. His areas of activity have included trade finance, real estate finance, securities, and Islamic finance at Citibank, Credit Lyonnais, Sumitomo Bank, Ltd., The United Bank of Kuwait, and MEF Money/Guidance Financial Group.

Abdulkader is responsible for shepherding the first US banking regulatory approvals of Islamic financial instruments for Ijarah wa Iqtina and Murabahah. More recently Abdulkader secured regulatory approval for an Islamic profit sharing deposit to be applied in the US. Abdulkader also structured the first REIT of REITs structured to allow Muslims to invest in listed US REITs whilst complying with Shariah. Abdulkader has also been involved in the structuring of inbound foreign investment for both the US and the UK. Abdulkader has included supervising marketing and consumer demographics in conjunction with new business launches.

Columnist

Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar is the CEO of Amanie Business Solutions Sdn. Bhd. Prior to heading Amanie, he was the Deputy Rector (Student Affairs and Development) and an Associate Professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia. He received his first degree in Shariah from the University of Kuwait in 1988 and obtained his PhD from the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom in 1993. In 2002, he went on to complete his external Bachelor of Jurisprudence at University of Malaya. He has published more than 30 articles in various academic journals and presented more than 200 papers in various conferences both local and abroad.

Dr Mohd Daud is the authority in Islamic Legal theory and Islamic Finance in Malaysia. He is currently the Chairman of the Shariah Advisory Council of the Central Bank of Malaysia and also a member of the Shariah Advisory Council for the Securities Commission of Malaysia. He is also a member of Shariah board of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) (Bahrain), International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) (Bahrain), Dow Jones Islamic Market Index (New York), Oasis Asset Management (Cape Town, South Africa), Unicorn Investment Bank (Bahrain), Guidance Financial (USA), BNP Paribas and in other financial institutions both local and abroad. Apart from that, Dr Mohd Daud is also actively advising in capital market product structuring such as Sukuks both locally and abroad.

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Zabidi began his professional career in creative art and design with a Malaysian newspaper. He then moved on to an international defense and aviation magazine. While he was there, he was involved in designing the creative campaigns for aviation and defense events across the globe.

Geraldine Chan
Deputy Publisher & Director of Islamic Finance news

Previously with RHB Securities, Geraldine holds an honors degree in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham in the UK.

Geraldine has an extensive knowledge of Asian and Middle Eastern capital markets. She was involved in the development of the world's first Islamic Index and Islamic stockbroking platform, which was launched by RHB Securities in June 2003.

In 2004, she joined REDmoney as one of the pioneering members of the team. Geraldine is now director and deputy publisher of Islamic Finance news, one of the world’s leading Islamic finance online news providers. She heads the publishing sales department and is responsible for the subscriptions and advertising business segments for both Islamic Finance Asia and Islamic Finance news.

Geraldine can be contacted at: Geraldine.Chan@REDmoneyGroup.com

Managing Director and Publisher

Andrew co-founded REDmoney in March 2004.

After studying in Oxford, Andrew moved to London spending time at Reed Elsevier and the British Safety Council before joining Euromoney in July 1994.

In 1996, after managing the fastest growing division at Euromoney (the Handbooks Group), Andrew was invited to join the Hong Kong based Asia Law & Practice division of the Euromoney group. The financial crisis in Asia during 1997 & 1998 and Euromoney’s recent purchase of the Institutional Investor group in the US opened a new door for Andrew to experience another continent. Moving to New York in September 1998 Andrew became the associate publisher with the well renowned II Newsletters group.

In 2000, Andrew was offered the opportunity to return to Hong Kong and join Asiamoney, Euromoney’s leading financial publication serving the Asian financial markets.

It was during this time that Andrew and Andrew Tebbutt discovered the opportunities the developing Islamic finance industry could offer. Wanting to manage their own media business, this was the beginning of what is today the Islamic finance industry’s leading media company. REDmoney’s core businesses include publishing, training and events.

Andrew manages all publishing and the business side of the events division.

Andrew lives in Kuala Lumpur with his wife Christina, daughter Alyssa and son Maxim.

Andrew can be contacted at: Andrew.Morgan@REDmoneyGroup.com

Managing Director

Andrew Tebbutt is a graduate of University College London. Upon graduation in 1996 he joined Euromoney Institutional Investor plc on the company's graduate trainee program, working for the in-house training division DC Gardner Training.

In 1997 Andrew was posted to Hong Kong to work in the Asian office of Euromoney Training. He became a Director of Euromoney Institutional Investor Asia in 2000, with overall responsibility for the group's training business in the Asia Pacific region. During this time Andrew headed a team based in two offices, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Andrew left the Euromoney group in March 2004 to co-found REDmoney where he is joint managing director.

Andrew can be contacted at: Andrew.Tebbutt@REDmoneyGroup.com