Post-WIEF thoughts

Arrived home safe and sound. The trip was extremely worthwhile, especially in terms of making new contacts and promoting the Etisal expo.
I’d like to thank the MCB’s Business and Economics Committee for taking us with them. The BEC is made up of some outstanding individuals, and they also make a very complimentary team with their [...]

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WIEF: Day 2

My dispatch from the final day of the World Islamic Economic Forum is Iqbal Khan’s speech on the global financial crisis. He is one of the most inspiring individuals I have met. I’ve got a propensity to like people that have strong principles, but also manage to carry them out successfully in reality. He’s one [...]

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WIEF: Day 1

The forum kicked off in earnest today. Our day began though with a breakfast meeting with the head of Khazanah Nasional, the sovereign wealth fund of Malaysia.

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WIEF pre-forum: Businesswomen and Young Leaders

The pre-forum events of the World Islamic Economic Forum took place today, namely the Businesswomen and Young Leaders Forums.
Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak, chair of the WIEF young leaders network, kicked off the day commenting on the economic crisis, saying that it “wasn’t a crisis in the system, but of the system”, and that a radical [...]

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World Islamic Economic Forum

I write to you having just arrived in the Indonesian capital Jakarta for the 5th World Islamic Economic Forum.
We’re here at the premier gathering of the Islamic business world as part of the Muslim Council of Britain’s delegation led by Sir Iqbal Sacranie.
Our main mission is to listen and learn, and also make contacts for [...]

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