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Isla MacFarlane has been editor of Islamic Business & Finance since 2010. She is also now responsible for developing CPI Financial's online offering and its social media presence. Previously she worked as a Features Write on Private Equity and Hedge Funds Middle East. She trained as a journalist on a regional newspaper in the Southeast of England before moving to Dubai in 2008.
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Robin Amlôt is CPI Financial's Managing Editor. He has worked as an award-winning financial journalist for more than 28 years in print, radio, television and online. He is in demand as a commentator and regular contributor to other media, including AlJazeera English, BBC Worldwide, Dubai One, Dubai Eye and KSA2. Robin has covered all aspects of business and finance in his career, including as Financial Editor of Independent Radio News, UK; Senior Business Producer, Sky News; as a national…
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Originally from New Zealand, CPI Financial Editor Tamara Pitelen’s media career spans 19 years and six countries, namely Japan, UK, Australia, Hong Kong, NZ and now the UAE. She started out as a daily news reporter for the Christchurch Press in New Zealand and has since worked extensively in consumer and contract magazines and newspapers ranging from finance and business titles to luxury lifestyle and celebrity as well as in the digital environment where she headed up the online department…
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Ahmed Heikal is Chairman and Founder of Citadel Capital, a private equity firm in the Middle East and Africa with $9 billion in investments.
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Bob Doll is Chief Equity Strategist forFundamental Equities at BlackRock®, a provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services. Doll is also Lead Portfolio Manager of BlackRock’s Large Cap Series Funds. Prior to joining the firm, he was President and Chief Investment Officer of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.
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Damian Burleigh is Managing Director, S&P Capital IQ, EMEA and Head of European Sales & Client Services EMEA, responsible for $230m EMEA business. He joined Standard & Poor’s as VP of Sales in 2005 promoted to Managing Director in 2007 and in the last five years has led the division through major transformational growth including the recent creation of S&P Capital IQ following the successful integration between S&P Valuations and Risk Strategies and sister company Capital…
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Dr. Nasser H. Saidi is the Chief Economist and Head of External Relations at the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFCA) and Executive Director of the Hawkamah-Institute for Corporate Governance at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). He is a member of the IMF’s Regional Advisory Group for MENA and Co-Chair of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) MENA Corporate Governance Working Group. Among past positions, he was the Minister…
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Gary Dugan was Chief Investment Officer, Emirates NBD Private Banking. In May 2012 he left Emirates NBD to move to Singapore where he became Chief Investment Officer (CIO) for Asia and the Middle East for Coutts.
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Jean-Luc Freymond is the Chief Executive Officer of Swiss-based financial software company, SAGE SA. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Jean-Luc used to be one of the significant architects of the company's flagship product, Prospero. He has more than 14 years of experience in systems development and in the management of banking projects. Prior to joining SAGE, Jean-Luc worked for UBS Bank. He received both his BA in Management and his Postgraduate Diploma in European Law from the University…
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Joanna Andrews has 17 years experience in journalism having worked at Reuters as a sub-editor in Europe and Asia, and a broadcast journalist and business reporter at CNBC in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She has interviewed some of the top names in business and politics. She was instrumental in the launch of several high-profile TV programmes at CNBC including Worldwide Exchange which broadcasts live from Asia, Europe & the US and was billed as ‘the first ever global business…
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Lee Manzi is joint fund manager on the Jupiter Global Convertibles SICAV, the Jupiter Strategic Total Return SICAV and the Jupiter Strategic Reserve Fund (Unit Trust). He has been with Jupiter Asset Management since 2010.
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Mark Mobius is Executive Chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group Currently, he directs the Templeton research team based in 15 global emerging markets offices and manages emerging markets portfolios. After more than 30 years in global emerging markets, Dr. Mobius has received numerous industry awards, including “Emerging Markets Equity Manager of the Year 2001” by International Money Marketing, “Ten Top Money Managers of the 20th Century” in a 1999 Carson Group survey,…
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Matein Khalid is Chief Investment Officer / Strategist, Fortes Holdings. Fortes Holdings is the property development arm of the Fortis Group, a diversified business group established in the UAE since 1975.
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Mike Gallagher is a freelance journalist and country risk analyst. He was previously an Editor at CPI Financial for five years. He has spent a considerable amount of time working in emerging and frontier markets across the developing world; in the Middle East, the Balkans, Asia and Africa. He has reported from across the Middle East (and periphery) in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Jerusalem, as well as Northern Ireland and the former Yugoslavia.
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Mobasher Zein Kazmi is a research analyst covering geo-economic issues based in Shanghai, China. He tweets @MobasherZein
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Omar Al Juraifani is a financial advisor for investment projects in the GCC. He is also the Co-founder and vice president of Asharqia Chamber Young Businessmen Executive Council.
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Peter Beynon is Regional Director, ICAEW Middle East. ICAEW (The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) is a professional membership organisation, supporting over 138,000 chartered accountants around the world.
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Russ Koesterich, Managing Director, is BlackRock’s Global Chief Investment Strategist, as well as Global Chief Investment Strategist for BlackRock’s iShares business. Koesterich was previously Global Head of Investment Strategy for active equities and a senior portfolio manager in the US Market Neutral Group. Prior to joining the firm in 2005, he was Chief North American Strategist for State Street Bank.
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Shayne Nelson is Global Head of High Value Client Coverage and CEO of Standard Chartered Private Bank
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Tim Elliott is a journalist and broadcaster and has worked as a music and news radio presenter in his native London, the south of England and the UAE – since 1989. Having spent the past decade working in financial media, based in Dubai, he’s now made the switch back to radio… presenting latest national and international sporting news and more, weeknights on Dubai Eye 103.8FM’s Tonight Show with Richard Dean.
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