Islamic Finance innovation day announces high-level line up of industry speakers and experts for fourth edition

Islamic Finance innovation day announces high-level line up of industry speakers and experts for fourth edition

Manama:– Islamic Finance Innovation Day (IFID) today announced its high level line up of speakers for the forum’s fourth edition taking place in the Kingdom of Bahrain on 30 May 2023 under the Patronage of the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) and with the support of Lead Partner Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) and Insurance Partner Solidarity.

Focusing on “Embedding ESG into Islamic Finance – Opportunities for Innovation and Growth”, this year’s event is once again set to attract participation from more than 300 regional and international participants and decision makers including a distinguished line up of speakers from the Islamic banking and finance sector, fintech industry as well as ESG, regulatory and legal experts.

The event will launch with a keynote address from Blake Goud, CEO at RFI Foundation on this year’s theme and two fireside chats first one between Yaser Abduljalil Alsharifi, CEO, Bahrain Islamic Bank BSC and Yasmeen Al Saffar, Director of Research & Initiatives, Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and second fireside chat between Mustafa Adil, Head of Islamic Finance, Data & Analytics, London Stock Exchange Group and Suzy Al Zeerah, Chief Operating Officer, Bahrain FinTech Bay.

Two highly interactive panel sessions will follow. Joining the first panel, “Going Beyond Compliance