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Elias Moubarak
Partner
Trowers & Hamlins

Elias is a Partner in Trowers & Hamlins’ and Islamic finance spheres. He has is cited in Legal 500 2017 as a ‘notable
International banking and finance significant experience in representing the practitioner’ that has ‘excellent technical
department. Elias trained and worked in full spectrum of stakeholders on a range of knowledge and a willingness to go the extra
London before moving to Dubai, and joined banking and finance transactions including mile’.
Trowers & Hamlins in 2014. Elias has a broad project financings and real estate financings
range of experience both in the conventional as well as capital market issuances. Elias

Stella Cox CBE
Managing Director
DDCAP, London UK

Stella Cox CBE has worked within the Responsible Investment (PRI) Signatory the Islamic Finance Market Advisory Group
Islamic financial marketplace for more than Status. DDCAP is also a Stakeholder formed by TheCityUK, the financial services
thirty years. Since 1998, she has been Endorser of the UNEP FI Principles professional body that champions UK-based
the Managing Director of DDCAP Group, for Responsible Banking (PRB). Stella financial and related professional services.
which is a leading provider of capital market represents DDCAP within the Islamic Finance She represents DDCAP on the UK Islamic
intermediary services and related technology and the UN Sustainable Development Goals Fintech Panel. In June 2016, Stella was
solutions to Islamic financial market (SDGs) Taskforce, the inaugural meeting of appointed a Commander of the Order of the
institutions. Within DDCAP, which aspires to which took place in July 2020, convened by British Empire (CBE). Stella was honoured for
connect thae Islamic financial marketplace the Islamic Finance Council UK (UKIFC) in her services to the Economy and, specifically,
responsibly, Stella has been a keen advocate partnership with the UK Government. With as a Champion for the Development of
of developing the connectivity between a US$2.5 trillion per year financing gap, the Islamic Finance in the UK. Stella was ranked
Sharia’a compliant financial practice and UKIFC has committed to a 24-month action- number 1 amongst the ‘100 Most Influential
that of other responsible financial services oriented program of activities to address Women in Islamic Finance’ in the ISFIRE
subsets. Since 2015, she has been a barriers blocking Islamic financial institutions ‘WOMANi 2018’ Report and was also invited
member of the Board of Trustees of the from embracing the targets of the SDGs. In to serve as a member of the Nomination
RFI Foundation, which was established 2013, Stella was one of a small group of non- Committee for the Malaysian Royal Award
with the aim of bringing together various ministerial industry experts appointed to the for Islamic Finance (the Royal Award) 2018.
forms of responsible finance practices, UK government’s Islamic Finance Task Force, In January 2019, Stella became a member
encouraging consensus as the basis for where she acted as practitioner lead for the of the Astana International Financial Centre’s
convergence between standards, practices regulatory work stream. With support from Advisory Council on Islamic Finance (“ACIF”).
and regulations. On 26th November 2016, the Task Force, the UK’s inaugural sovereign She was appointed Patron-in-Chief of
DDCAP was one of the first Islamic financial sukuk was successfully issued in June WOMANi in April 2019 and in July 2019 Stella
sector firms to be awarded Principles for 2014. Since 2014, Stella has been Chair of became a Freeman of the City of London.

Mohd Suhaimi Abdul Hamid
Chief Executive Officer,
Standard Chartered Saadiq

Mohd Suhaimi Abdul Hamid was appointed to of Islamic Banking issued by the International and regional exposure throughout his career life
the Board and as the Chief Executive Officer Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) in local and multinational financial institutions as
of Standard Chartered Saadiq Berhad on in 2015. Suhaimi has travelled extensively well as the local regulator. He is married with
16 March 2019. Suhaimi has an educational throughout his 20-odd years in the financial 5 children and his hobbies are playing golf,
background in Bachelor of Economics (Hons) in industry, working and living in countries such as gardening and cooking.
1999 major in Economics and minor in Islamic Singapore, Indonesia and Kenya. He has a total
Finance from Universiti Islam Antarabangsa of 20 years’ experience in Islamic banking and
(UIA). He has also completed the Certificate corporate and has since garnered domestic

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