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Session 4: Halal as an Asset Class?
Date: 6
th
November 2013
Time: TBA
Speaker: Rushdi Siddiqui, Founder & CEO, Azka Capital
Discussion Points:
- Halal Food and Islamic Finance – twins separated at birth
- Why should Halal food be seen as an asset class by the Islamic Finance sector?
- What can Islamic Finance learn from the Halal food sector?
About Rushdi Siddiqui
Rushdi Siddiqui is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Azka Capital, a private equity advisory firm
focused on halal industry initiatives with Islamic financing (convergence).
He is also co-founder of www.shekra.com, Shariah compliant crowd funding offering in Egypt.
Rushdi Siddiqui was Global Head of Islamic Finance & OIC Countries for Thomson Reuters, he is
now an advisor to Thomson Reuters for Islamic finance, Halal Industry and OIC countries. He has
held managerial positions (in Islamic finance) at western multinational companies.

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Session 4: Halal as an Asset Class?

  • 1. Session 4: Halal as an Asset Class? Date: 6 th November 2013 Time: TBA Speaker: Rushdi Siddiqui, Founder & CEO, Azka Capital Discussion Points: - Halal Food and Islamic Finance – twins separated at birth - Why should Halal food be seen as an asset class by the Islamic Finance sector? - What can Islamic Finance learn from the Halal food sector? About Rushdi Siddiqui Rushdi Siddiqui is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Azka Capital, a private equity advisory firm focused on halal industry initiatives with Islamic financing (convergence). He is also co-founder of www.shekra.com, Shariah compliant crowd funding offering in Egypt. Rushdi Siddiqui was Global Head of Islamic Finance & OIC Countries for Thomson Reuters, he is now an advisor to Thomson Reuters for Islamic finance, Halal Industry and OIC countries. He has held managerial positions (in Islamic finance) at western multinational companies.