Moody’s cross sector specialists will explore the expansion of Islamic finance across key markets and sectors. Join us to get your questions answered.
Topics Include
- Update on the performance of Islamic finance in key markets versus conventional peers
- Discuss the latest regulatory changes in Islamic finance
- Review the impact of higher rates on global sukuk issuance by sector
- Update on the Sovereign sukuk outlook and key drivers for issuance activity in 2023
- Discuss the credit view on Islamic Insurance: expansion continues whilst challenges continue to drive M&A
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SpeakersHenry MacNevin Executive Director, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings
Muhannad Mufti Chief of Portfolio Management National Debt Management Centre (NDMC)
Mohd Izazee Ismail Head, Rating Portfolio, Financial Institutions MARC Ratings Berhad
Ashraf Madani Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings
Alexander Perjéssy Senior Vice President, Sovereign Risk Moody's Ratings
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Henry MacNevin, who is based in London, is currently an Executive Director - Ratings, Financial Institutions Group 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
Mr. Muhannad Mufti joined the National Debt Management Centre (NDMC)- Saudi Arabia, in 2021 as the Chief of Portfolio Management. His main duties include overseeing the Sovereign Debt Strategy, Contingent Labilities, Research and Strategic Initiatives of the NDMC. Prior to joining NDMC, he was actively working in the banking sector as a Treasury Dealer and an Asset Management Fund Manager. His overall experience exceeds eighteen years.
Mr. Muhannad holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Central Florida “UCF.”
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.
Ashraf Madani is a Vice President – Senior Analyst with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group. Based in Dubai, Ashraf covers a portfolio of large conventional as well as Islamic financial institutions in GCC. He is also responsible for the Saudi and Bahrain Banking system outlooks. Since Joining Moody’s in May 2017, Ashraf has authored many research pieces focusing on GCC credit, funding and liquidity conditions in addition to issuer in depth research. Before joining Moody’s in May 2017, Ashraf’s Career has been mostly in banking with 15+ years of experience working in international and regional banks like Citi, Arab Bank and First Abu Dhabi Bank. He spent most of his banking career working in the global markets and risk divisions where he developed extensive knowledge on GCC markets. His last position before joining Moody’s has been the Head of FIs and NBFIs Risk for National Bank of Abu Dhabi (FAB now) managing the credit risk for a large portfolio of GCC and international issuers.
Alexander Perjéssy is Senior Vice President at the Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group.
Based in Dubai, he has lead analyst responsibilities for a number of sovereigns in the Middle East, including most of the Gulf Cooperation Council member states and several regional multilateral institutions.
Prior to joining Moody’s in November 2017, Alex worked for two years as economist at the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Before relocating to the Middle East, Alex spent more than 12 years covering macroeconomic developments and sovereign risk assessment in the emerging markets of the EMEA region for AllianceBernstein and The Rohatyn Group, both US-based asset management firms in New York, as well as for Goldman Sachs in London.
Alex holds an MA in Economics from the University of Maryland and a BA in Economics from Middlebury College.