Opening of UFANA Conference 2010 - Day 2

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

Brian Koscak
Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Canada

Brian has been involved in various aspects of Islamic Finance since 2005, including sukuk offerings (sovereign and corporate), Islamic mortgages, Islamic banking, takaful insurance and Shariah compliant investment funds, where Brian developed a family of Shariah compliant mutual funds in Canada. Brian was also a catalyst in developing the S&P/TSX 60 Shariah, Canada's first index of Shariah compliant stocks launched in 2009. Brian has travelled extensively in the Middle East , including attending the 5th Annual Islamic Funds World Conference in Dubai in 2007, and spending three weeks in the MENA Region in 2009 meeting with senior executives of various Islamic financial institutions in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. In 2009, Brian co-authored an article titled "The Development of the Canadian Sukuk Market" which was published in the Fall of 2009 in the Collaborative Sukuk Report -- An agenda setting study for the growth and development of the global sukuk industry by Zawya. Brian is very active in promoting Islamic finance in Canada and has also facilitated discussions to promote dual-listings between stock exchanges in Canada and in the MENA Region and Malaysia.



Hooman Sabeti
Senior Counsel, Allen & Overy, Singapore

Hooman Sabeti-Rahmati is a senior counsel in Allen & Overy's Singapore office. He has extensive experience in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the US in a wide range of capital markets transactions, with an expertise in securitisations, structured financings and Islamic financings, particularly sukuk. Since working on the first global sukuk, for the Malaysian sovereign in 2002, he has been involved with numerous Islamic financings, including the very first Sharia-compatible securitisation of home financings, for Tamweel in the UAE, and most recently, Indonesia's sovereign sukuk issuance, on which he advised the government. Hooman is a member of the Bar of the State of New York. He speaks frequently on his practice areas at various conferences and to the media, is listed in Euromoney's Guide to Leading Islamic Finance Lawyers and sits on the Advisory Board of the Duke Islamic Studies Center.




Adnan Haider
Head of Fixed Income and Equities | Treasury & Investments Division, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, UAE

Adnan is with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank where he looks after the Fixed Income, Equities and Structuring businesses. Adnan has 15+ years of capital markets, investment banking and management consulting experiences, having worked in UAE, UK and Canada. Most recently, Adnan was a co-founder of a Dubai based investment bank where he co-headed the Capital Markets division, and previously worked at a bulge bracket investment bank in London on the credit trading desk and the leveraged finance desk. Prior to banking, Adnan worked in strategy consulting and private equity. Adnan holds an MBA from London Business School and a Masters of Accounting from University of Waterloo, and is a qualified CA.

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