Part 4/4 - Structuring techniques in Islamic finance

From UFANA Conference 2010, Toronto, Canada - March 30 & 31, 2010


John Teolis
Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Canada

John Teolis is a Partner in law firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. His practice includes corporate, commercial and consumer finance, banking, financial institution regulation, mergers and acquisitions (particularly involving financial services entities), money transmission, information processing and payment processing. John is involved in most legal matters involving financial institutions. He has acted as counsel to several Canadian and non-Canadian entities that have established a banking, commercial, consumer or other financial presence in Canada and for companies that have established a payment processing or information processing business in Canada.



Andrzej Jakubowski
Executive Manager - Investment Funds, Investment Banking & Development Group, Qatar Islamic Bank, Qatar

Mr. Jakubowski is presently working at Qatar Islamic Bank as Executive Manager Investment Funds. He holds a Bachelor Degree from HEC Montreal University and a Master Degree in Finance from Sherbrook University. He has successfully completed the Canadian Securities Institute and the Financial Risk Manager certifications. He is also presently a candidate for the Chartered Financial Analyst certification as well as the Islamic Finance Qualification.

Mr. Jakubowski has 10 years of professional experience mainly in banking and investment banking fields, but also in insurance and petrochemical industry. His domains of expertise are asset management and products structuring although he has extensive experience in credit, market and operational risks management. Andrzej has worked within both conventional and Islamic frameworks. Mr. Jakubowski has been involved with Muslim Presence Montreal since 2002 and is a founding member of a think tank researching and working on concepts of economy, finance and banking system from Islamic, conventional, alternative and ethical perception.



Sheikh Habeeb Alli
Shariah Auditor, UM Financial

Sheikh Habeeb Alli, originally from Guyana, worked in a conventional bank before undertaking studies in Islam and Journalism in India. Along with other Islamic scholars in Toronto, he approved UM Financial's first Islamic home financing program. The scholar and community chaplain is also author of ten books, and is Secretary of the Canadian Council of Imams and in the executive management of the Canadian Council of Muslim Theologian.

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• Islamic
• finance
• usury-free
• UFANA