Global Islamic Banks Update
Riding the Tailwinds
Islamic banks are emerging from the pandemic but can they continue to increase market share?
Join Moody’s and key industry experts to understand:
- How is the macroeconomic environment affecting Islamic banking?
- Will the financial performance of Islamic banks return to pre-pandemic levels?
- Can the penetration of Islamic banking increase further?
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SpeakersMohamed Abdel Bary Group CFO Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Henry MacNevin Associate Managing Director, EMEA Banking Moody's Investors Service
Nitish Bhojnagarwala Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Moody's Investors Service
Badis Shubailat Analyst, EMEA Banking, Moody's Investors Service
Tengfu Li Assistant Vice President – Analyst, Financial Institutions Moody’s Investors Service
Mohd Izazee Ismail Head, Rating Portfolio, Financial Institutions MARC Ratings Berhad
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Mohamed Abdel Bary, Group CFO- Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB)
Mohamed Abdel Bary was appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer of ADIB in May 2020. He joined ADIB from Standard Chartered Bank, where his most recent role was as Regional CFO for Africa & the Middle East. He has over 26 years’ experience working with a range of international banks around the MENA region, including Barclays and Citi.
Mohamed possesses extensive knowledge and understanding of the regional banking industry in both corporate and retail banking for conventional and Islamic products. He is highly experienced in M&A transactions, entering new markets and integrated acquired business.
Henry MacNevin, who is based in London, is currently an Associate Managing Director responsible for bank ratings in the Middle-East, South-Eastern Europe and Turkey, and is also responsible for Moody’s global Islamic Finance initiatives. Mr MacNevin joined Moody’s London-based banking team in October 1996, initially as lead analyst for bank in Italy, the United Kingdom, the Nordic region, Belgium, Luxembourg and Hungary, and has also worked as a backup analyst for other banking systems, principally in Europe. He was also previously responsible Associate Managing Director for Moody’s bank ratings in Italy and the CEE region and was the Country Manager for Moody’s in Italy for several years.
Mr. MacNevin’s previous banking experience includes seven years with the Barclaysgroup, where he held positions in strategic planning, corporate banking, and credit risk management.Mr. MacNevin earned a B.A. (Hons) in Business Studies from PortsmouthPolytechnic in the United Kingdom
Nitish Bhojnagarwala is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group. Based in Dubai, Nitish covers a portfolio of large conventional as well as Islamic financial institutions in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.
Nitish joined Moody’s in 2011, and has led sukuk roundtables and conducted workshops on Banking and Islamic finance at various conferences in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Nitish has also authored several research pieces, with a focus on regional banking, credit issues and issuer-in-depths for conventional as well as Islamic banks.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Nitish spent five years at Tamweel in the Treasury function. He has also worked for KPMG in the UAE, where he covered financial institutions. Nitish holds an MBA from S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, with a major in Finance (Investment Banking).
Badis Shubailat is an Analyst with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group. Based in Dubai, Badis covers a portfolio of large conventional as well as Islamic banks in the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Morocco. He is the lead analyst responsible for the Bahraini and Tunisian banking systems and also covered in the past financial institutions in Kuwait, Qatar and Turkey. Since joining Moody’s in March 2014, Badis has authored research publications focusing on GCC and North African credits as well as Islamic Banking. Badis holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from John Cabot University (Rome, Italy) and an MSc in Finance from EADA Business School (Barcelona, Spain). Badis speaks English, French, Arabic and Italian.
Tengfu Li is an Assistant Vice President – Analyst with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group.
Based in Singapore, he is responsible for the credit ratings of financial institutions in Indonesia and Malaysia. Prior to Moody’s, Tengfu worked at OCBC Bank, where he developed credit risk models.
Tengfu holds a MSc in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University, and a BEng in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.
Izazee is the Rating Portfolio Head for Financial Institutions. Izazee has more than 23 years of experience in the risk analysis of financial institutions, Islamic finance, ratings, debt securities and corporate banking. Prior to joining MARC, he was the General Manager of the Insurance, Risk Assessment and Monitoring division of Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia where he was responsible for the analysis and monitoring of member institutions’ risk levels as well as the premium and levy collection function. He has also held managerial roles at RHB Sakura Merchant Bankers Berhad (now known as RHB Investment Bank Berhad) and Rating Agency Malaysia Berhad. Izazee holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Islamic Banking and Finance from the International Islamic University Malaysia.