Join Moody's Ratings for its annual Islamic Finance Briefing in Kuala Lumpur, bringing together regulators, financial institutions, investors and industry leaders to explore the key forces shaping the future of Islamic finance.
Against a environment of evolving geopolitical dynamics, energy security considerations and rapid technological advancement, the event will examine credit implications for Islamic finance markets, emerging trends in Islamic banking and sukuk, and the opportunities and challenges presented by artificial intelligence and sustainability initiatives.
Participants will gain insights into the outlook for major Islamic finance sectors and engage in thought-provoking discussions on the industry's strategic priorities for the years ahead.
Topics will include:
- How are geopolitical developments, trade fragmentation and regional conflicts shaping the credit outlook for Islamic finance markets?
- How is the global Islamic banking industry positioned for challenges and opportunities in 2027?
- What will drive sukuk issuance trends, market growth and investor demand across key Islamic finance markets?
- How are artificial intelligence, sustainable sukuk and energy transition financing reshaping the future of Islamic finance?
Speakers
Deborah Tan
Vice President, Credit Strategy and Guidance Group
Moody's Ratings
Nitish Bhojnagarwala
Associate Managing Director, Financial Institutions
Moody's Ratings
Muhammad Ibrahim
Associate Lead Analyst, Sustainable Finance
Moody’s Ratings
Clarabelle Tan
Assistant Vice President - Ratings, Financial Institutions
Moody's Ratings
Abdulla Al Hammadi
Assistant Vice President - Analyst, Financial Institutions Group
Moody's Ratings
Venue
Mandarin Oriental
50088 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
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Deborah Tan is a Vice President within Moody’s Credit Strategy and Guidance Group. Based in Singapore, she leads Moody’s thematic research for India, Southeast Asia and Australia with a focus on producing forward-looking macro-credit insights and outlooks. Her responsibilities also include designing scenario analysis to test the resilience of Moody’s rating methodologies and assessing the impact of these scenarios.
Prior to joining Moody’s in 2019, Deborah was a macroeconomist at BHP Billiton where she covered both India and the US and led the Group’s interest rate, FX and long-term growth projections for key markets. She has also worked at the Monetary Authority of Singapore and PWC.
Deborah holds a master’s in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor of science in Economics from University College London.
Nitish Bhojnagarwala is an Associate Managing Director 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).
Ibrahim works as Associate Lead Analyst, Sustainable Finance at Moody's Ratings and is primarily responsible for conducting external reviews on the frameworks of Green, Social and Sustainability-labelled financial instruments. Ibrahim has worked on issuing more than 30 Second Party Opinions covering sovereigns and issuers across APAC and Europe. His research coverage mainly includes the banking, real estate, commodities, and utilities sectors.
Prior to Moody's, Ibrahim was a lead researcher at NUS Business School's Centre for Governance and Sustainability, publishing ESG indices covering APAC markets. He has co-authored numerous industry reports in corporate governance, sustainability, and family business domains and has been a regular speaker promulgating good governance and responsible investing in the region.
Ibrahim holds a Master of Business Administration (Strategy) and a Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy), both from the National University of Singapore. He is a Chartered Accountant (CA) of Singapore, as well as a CFA Charterholder.
Clarabelle Tan is an Assistant Vice President - Ratings with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group.
Based in Singapore, she is responsible for Moody’s portfolio of banks and non-bank financial institutions in Indonesia and Philippines.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Clarabelle was a Senior Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore in the Financial Services Assurance team, covering clients in the asset wealth management, venture capital and banking industries.
Clarabelle holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honors), Accountancy from the National University of Singapore.
Abdulla Al Hammadi serves as an Assistant Vice President with Moody's Financial Institutions Group. He is based in Dubai, where he oversees a portfolio of bank credit ratings across the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries, with a particular emphasis on Islamic financial institutions.
Abdulla joined Moody’s in 2024. Prior to his tenure at Moody's, Abdulla was an Associate Director at Fitch Ratings, covering financial institution ratings in the Middle East. Before Fitch Ratings, he was with the Central Bank of Bahrain, handling prudential supervision for wholesale banks.
Abdulla is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and earned a First-Class Honours degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Bahrain. He authored a book titled "Principles of Financial planning, Investment & Trading" aimed at providing comprehensive overview on passive style investment portfolio.