Dr. Sayd Farook is the Executive Director of Crescent Foundation. He is Group Chief Operating Officer of Crescent Wealth and Managing Director of Crescent Finance. He previously served as Advisor to the Executive Office of the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. In this capacity, he envisioned and executed strategic / transformation initiatives for Dubai and the UAE. Prior to that, he was the Global Head Islamic Capital Markets at Thomson Reuters, where he advised and served large corporates, multilaterals and governments in the Middle East, North Africa and South East Asia.
Whether you follow Islam or not, it pays to be well-versed in the particulars of Islamic finance. Islamic finance, which covers all financial institutions, practices, assets, and vehicles that are organised under Islamic principles and laws, is now worth a record $1.2 trillion, or about 1% of the global financial market. As Muslim-majority markets continue to…
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