Islamic Finance Horizon - Tech Trends

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Our events are aimed at Muslims working in tech and digital, entrepreneurs, founders, startups, or anyone interested in finding out more and networking in a Muslim-friendly environment.

Who we are

Muslamic Makers helps the next generation of Muslim changemakers level up across the tech industry and beyond.

We started life as a monthly meetup in 2016 in London which gave Muslims a safe space to share ideas, network and collaborate. We focus on upskilling the community through events, mentorship, programmes, and scholarships. We’ve expanded our events to Manchester, Boston, USA and Toronto, Canada! Join us on the 20th of November for a panel discussion into the latest trends shaping the industry hosted by Shaista Mukadam and our amazing speakers Abdul Haseeb Basi, Areeb Siddiqui and Sara Abdille.

Shaista Mukadam

Shaista Mukadam is a Qualified Chartered Accountant from India who, after a career break of 5 years, retrained as a Lecturer and completed PGCE qualification from the University of Greenwich. She has worked in FE and in BCU for the past 16 years, delivering various financial accounting, management accounting, audit and comparative financial reporting modules. She is very interested in women empowerment, leadership programmes and Islamic Finance. Shaista launched the first Undergraduate degree in a UK university, BSc(Hons)Accounting and Islamic Finance at Birmingham City University.

Abdul Haseeb Basit

Abdul is a Co-Founder and Principal of Elipses, a digital structured finance firm operating across ethical, impact-led, sustainable and Islamic Finance, and FinTech. He actively works on impact led tech and renewable energy projects.
He is also CFO of GBBC and GBBC Digital Finance, an industry membership body that drives the acceleration and adoption of blockchain and digital finance technologies, and an Emissary at the Responsible Finance and Investment (RFI) Foundation, the global industry body for the responsible finance sector.
Previously he was the CFO of Innovate Finance, the UK not-for-profit FinTech members association and Non-Executive Chairman of Yielders, a property investment platform based in the UK that is also the first FCA regulated Islamic Fintech. He has worked in technology transformation and strategy at Credit Suisse in the private wealth and asset management division.
He has over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of finance, technology, and strategy. He is also a champion of Islamic Finance and the transformative impact of technology on the industry.

Areeb Siddiqui

Areeb Siddiqui is the founder and CEO of Kestrl, an award-winning app that makes it easy for Muslims to Budget, Save and Invest in line with their values.
Areeb is a Cambridge MBA with a background in Consulting and Risk Advisory at Deloitte and PwC, specialising in working with banks and wealth managers in the digital space.

Sara Abdille

Sahra is a director in the digital investing team at Coutts. She focuses on delivering the strategic roadmap for digital investing products, creating experiences that delight customers and help them make informed decisions in their financial growth. She has previously worked in payments, pricing and analytics where she drove the creation and implementation of new services, insights and architectures using data and APIs.

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