T E A C H I N G I N T E N S I V E R E S E A R C H I N F O R M E D

U N I V E R S I T Y O F B O LT O N

Teaching Intensive, Research Informed

17 NOVEMBER 2017

THE CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE

WITH EY PRESENT:

Mr Musa Shihadeh

CEO, Jordan Islamic Bank

Graham Brady MP

Dr David Doyle

CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE

Holds a Master degree in Business Administration (MBA) from USA. Worked in conventional banks from 5 /1961 until 5 /1980. He then joined Jordan Islamic Bank on June 1, 1980 till now and has been the General Manager of Jordan Islamic bank since 1/11/1982. In addition, he was a board member of Islamic banks.

Mr. Shihadeh is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the General Council for Islamic Banks, a Board Member of the Jordanian Businessmen Association and Chairman and Board Member of several public and private companies in various sectors (industrial, educational, investment and insurance). He has been a board member of the Association of Banks in Jordan since 1983 and was the association’s Vice-President for the period 1997 to 2005 and was elected as Vice Chairman of the Association of Banks in Jordan for a new term since 25/02/2015, then a Chairman of the Board Directors of the Association of Banks in Jordan as of 11/10/2015.

A member of several investment, social, humanitarian and international organizations and committees. He participates and lectures in several seminars related to the banking sector and the Islamic financial institutions regionally and internationally. Former member of the Accounting and Auditing Standards Board for Islamic Financial Institutions and the Chairman of the Accounting Committee (1990 to 2002).

A member of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Thought Forum and member of its financial committee, Board Member of Union of Arab Banks, Advisory Board Member of the International Union of Arab Bankers and an honor-permanent member of the Society of Friends of Jordan Eye Bank and Prevention of Blindness.

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Welcome Mr Ken Eglinton

Mr Musa Shihadeh, “Islamic Finance - Opportunities and Challenges”

Graham Brady MP, “Comments on Brexit”

Dr David Doyle, “Brexit - the View from Brussels”

Q&A Session will be Chaired by Professor Mohammed Abdel-Haq

17 November 2017EY Offices, 1 More London Place, London SE1 2AF

Musa A. ShihadehIntinerary

Graham Brady has been the MP for Altrincham and Sale West since 1997 and the Chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs since 2010.

The 1922 Committee is the principal conduit for communication between Conservative MPs and the Prime Minister and Conservative Ministers and advises the Prime Minister on the mood of the party whilst ensuring that Ministers have an opportunity to speak to colleagues and to listen to their views on policy.

Graham is well known to be independent minded and a champion of state grammar schools, having resigned from the front bench in 2007 to campaign in support of selective education.

He was awarded ‘Backbencher of the Year’ by The Spectator in 2010.

Graham has previously served as a shadow minister,

Graham BradyMember of Parliament - Chairman of the 1922 Committee

holding the schools, employment, as well as the Europe brief. Graham also served on the Education and Employment Select Committee from 1997-2001 and the Treasury Select Committee from 2007-2010.

Prior to his election in 1997, Graham was Public Affairs Director of the Waterfront Partnership. He had previously worked at the Centre for Policy Studies and Shandwick Pie. Graham was made a Freeman of Altrincham in 2016 and is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies, a think tank established by Margaret Thatcher and Keith Joseph in 1975. He studied law at Durham University. He is married to Victoria and they have a daughter and a son.”

The University of Bolton was awarded silver status in the government’s new Teaching Excellence Framework this year, an award which recognises universities for exceeding the baseline threshold expected for UK Higher education.

The University also came first in Greater Manchester and thirty-sixth overall in the recent Complete University Guide for student satisfaction. This success highlights the University’s commitment to providing a world class learning experience and to its policy of being a ‘Teaching Intensive, Research Informed’ institution. Recent exciting developments on campus include the £13m National Centre for Motorsport Engineering and the brand new centre for the Institute of Management in Bolton town centre, both of which provide first-class facilities in an inventive environment that is unrivalled in academia.

The University of Bolton places its students at the heart of everything it does and enjoys a strong reputation for widening participation and engaging with learners,

often with non-traditional entry qualifications and from very diverse backgrounds.

The 11,000 students opt to study a variety of undergraduate, postgraduate, and research degree courses. The University has a close working relationship with Bolton Council, supporting the ‘town and gown’ partnership in developing Bolton town centre. It also delivers degree programmes at off campus partner institutions and academic centers within the UK and across a nationwide network, including China, UAE and Greece.

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National Centre for Motorsport Engineering

Ken is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He has worked at Ernst & Young for 39 years where, for the last 21 years, he has been their UK specialist on Islamic finance.

Ken has provided audit and related services to the banking sector for 30 years, and is responsible for the audit and regulatory reporting for the UK operations of a number of foreign owned banks and related businesses.

Ken assisted three of the UK’s stand-alone Islamic banks to obtain their banking licences. He also helped one of these with many of the practical work-streams involved in setting up a banking business in the UK, and he assisted another to achieve a listing on London’s AIM market.

Working with his Islamic finance focused colleagues across the globe, and also specialists from within EY’s UK practice, Ken has provided:

• External audit of UK Islamic banks

• Regulatory advice

• Internal audit, including Shari’a assurance, for Islamic banks

• Assistance to non-Islamic banks and their UK and European regulators and tax authorities to understand Shari’a compliant products in which they were transacting

• Tax advice on Shari’a compliant products

• Financial modelling of Islamic banks

• Product development assistance to UK Islamic banks and to the Sharia’a windows of conventional banks

Ken has also been consulted by HM Treasury and by UK regulators on Islamic finance issues. He has spoken on Islamic finance matters at seminars and conferences and has written articles and technical accounting and tax contributions for books and journals.

Ken EglintonDavid Doyle is senior policy adviser with EY specializing in financial services legislation, covering banking, insurance and securities regulation. He enjoys regular contact with key EU Commission officials and MEP’s and is also a long-standing board

member of the joint MEP-stakeholder advocacy body, The Kangaroo Group, as well as being the secretary to its Financial Services Working Group at the European Parliament. He also sits on the Board of the joint UK cross-parliamentary/SME-owner body, The Genesis Initiative, at Westminster, focused on SME policy development.

Dr. Doyle is also actively involved in the Transatlantic Business Council (TABC), and intervenes as an EU policy expert on the European Council on Corporate Governance/Conference Board, a non-for-profit think-tank. He is a veteran diplomat based on mainland Europe, spanning both multilateral and bilateral

assignments, notably with the Irish Trade mission in Paris and serving as ambassador to UNESCO.

His authored works include Cost Control—A Strategic Guide (CIMA/Elsevier: London, 1994 and 2002) which was translated into 15 foreign languages, as well as contributing EU chapters to The Future of Finance after SEPA (Wiley: London, 2008), and A Practical Guide to Corporate Governance (Sweet & Maxwell: London, 2010 and 2014). His other authored books include Adding Value to Marketing (Kogan Page: London, 1998) and Le Management stratégique – Strategic Management (Editions CA: Paris, 1990).

In the academic field, he has held the title of visiting professor in management control at the HEC School of Business, near Paris.

His alumni include the Dublin Institute of Technology, Trinity College, University of Dublin (Ireland), the Marketing Institute of Ireland, and Kingston University (UK).

Dr. David P. Doyle

EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the

capital markets and in economies the world over. EY develops outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In

so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

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About the Centre for Islamic Finance

Teaching is conducted by a highly dedicated team, with specialist knowledge in a wide range of subject areas, and maintains close links to business and industry.

Course materials are available online, allowing applicants to prepare work at home which ensures that in-class learning is highly interactive.

The Centre was launched in 2012 and has attracted students and partnerships from around the world.

In the tradition of the oldest universities, the Centre is an independently recognised academic centre of the University and with its own dedicated lecturers and

access to the wider pool of talent of the University.

With one of the largest percentages of Muslim students in the UK, the University embraces diversity and values difference.

This combination of innovation, inclusivity and a willingness to look beyond the traditional boundaries of the University makes it the ideal home for the Centre for Islamic Finance.

With our teaching intensive, research informed approach, the University of Bolton provides a focused, diverse and high-quality learning experience for all.

The Centre for Islamic Finance at the University of Bolton has an excellent track record in delivering quality programmes of study and staff will strive to make your studies in the Executive MBA in Islamic Finance as fulfilling and fruitful as possible.

Professor Mohammed Kayed Abdel-Haq is the founder and Director of the Centre for Islamic Finance. Alongside his academic knowledge Mohammed has a wealth of practical and professional experience; highly regarded in the banking industry he was invited by the Government to serve on their Islamic Finance Task Force. Mohammed is the former Managing Director and Global Head of HSBC Amanah Private Banking.

Professor Mohammed Kayed Abdel-HaqDirector, Centre for Islamic Finance

‘I am enormously impressed with what the Centre has achieved since we opened in 2012. With research students from many different parts of the world the Centre adds to the richness and diversity of the University’.

The Baroness Morris of Bolton OBE DLChairman, Centre for Islamic Finance The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Jordan, Kuwait and Palestinian Territories

‘Our Centre, which is supported by an impressive Advisory Board, works in collaboration with other financial and academic institutions to encourage high quality research and to promote the understanding of Islamic finance through lectures, conferences and short courses. Now that our PhD programme and our MA programme in conjunction with the University of Sarajevo are well established, we are offering an outstanding MBA in Islamic Finance with two study pathways: full-time and executive.’

Professor George E Holmes DLPresident & Vice Chancellor, University of Bolton

Previous events hosted by the Centre for Islamic Finance at the University of Bolton

“I’m delighted to be here at the University of Bolton. I’ve heard great things about how the University is expanding, moving forward by leaps and bounds and intimately connected with the regeneration of the town.”

Lord Lamont of LerwickDirector, Centre for Islamic Finance Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

“I’m delighted to be joining the International Advisory Board and I hope I can bring some insights and some contacts to support the board and the Centre going forward.”

Paul DruckmanChief Executive Officer of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)

His Excellency Archbishop Mennini, the Apostolic Nuncio in Great Britain, recently spoke on the subject of ‘The Catholic Church and Islam: a message of peace and love from Pope Francis’.

Patron of the Centre for Islamic Finance, The Earl of St Andrews was also present for the event.

Professor Mohammed Abel-Haq, Professor George E Holmes DL, His Excellency Archbishop Antonio Mennini and The Earl of St Andrews.

“Being someone who brings about transformation, who seeks social justice means having a vision of where you are going and what it is you are building and the change which you want to see. It means having a vision of the end from the beginning.”

Baroness Philippa StroudChief Executive Officer for Legatum Institute, London

Postgraduate ProgrammesIslamic Finance (MBA) (Executive) part-time & Islamic Finance (MBA) full-timeThe MBA Islamic Finance is a new career development programme offered in part time mode of study, for those currently in management positions. This new postgraduate qualification offers a suite of contemporary modules which allow you to develop the knowledge required to work in the growing and sophisticated Islamic Finance sector. You will gain skills in being effective, in working independently and as part of a team, while critically evaluating and developing good practice in key areas of business management and in the planning and management of general, commercial and Islamic Finance products and services.

Islamic Finance PhD & MPhilAs a research student, you will be supported by a supervisory team of academics with industry experience who will guide you through the programme of your studies. You will be expected to participate in seminars, conferences, research training workshops and relevant events. It is also expected that you will have the commitment and willingness to assume responsibility for your personal development, and the intellectual capacity to assimilate, manipulate and master advanced levels of knowledge appropriate to your area of research.

MA Management - Islamic BankingThe University of Bolton awards a dual Masters of Management - Islamic Banking with the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The School of Economics and Business Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo (SEBS) has a long and revered academic background, with much experience in international cooperation with other accredited international academic programmes from the European Accreditation Agency EFMD.

Full progammes available via the Centre for Islamic Finance website.

www.bolton.ac.uk/islamicfinance

EXECUTIVE MBA IN ISLAMIC FINANCE

T E A C H I N G I N T E N S I V E R E S E A R C H I N F O R M E D

CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE

Centre for Islamic Finance

University of Bolton

Deane Road

Bolton

BL3 5AB

mohammed.abdel-haq@bolton.ac.uk

www.bolton.ac.uk/islamicfinance

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