The Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Academy will host the global launch of the CIMA Certificate in Islamic Finance in Arabic in Dubai on October 12, 2009 at the Emirates Towers.
The launch of the Arabic certificate, with HSBC Amanah as its global supporting partner, marks a major step forward for the Islamic Finance industry – it is the first global qualification of its kind to be offered by a professional chartered accountancy body.
Robert Jelly, director of Education at CIMA, will explain how the certificate has been developed to help meet a global shortfall of skilled Islamic finance professionals, by offering an internationally recognized qualification as an alternative to regional qualifications available in isolated geographies.
He will stress how the move to offer the certificate in Arabic - the language of one of most important Islamic Finance regions in the world – the Middle East, is core to CIMA’s strategy to ensure this global qualification is accessible to all.
Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar, international Shari’ah expert from the International Institute of Islamic Finance Inc. (IIIF) and consultant on the Certificate syllabus, will outline the impressive growth of Islamic Finance around the world, against the backdrop of the global economic crisis.
Bakar will discuss the important role Islamic Finance has to play in the modern world, and touch on Dubai’s crucial role in the industry.
Meanwhile, Salah Abu-Osbeh, regional director at Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Academies, will go on to outline the need for an Arabic translation of the CIMA Certificate in Islamic Finance.
Abu-Osbeh will tackle the importance of this cooperation to create the opportunity for Arab professionals to be specialized and internationally qualified in Islamic finance; the fastest growing financial services sector, in order to diminish the shortage of qualified professionals in this field in the Middle East.
The event will close with a speech from Ammar Shamsuddin, HSBC’s Head of Human Resources for the UAE, who will outline HSBC Amanah’s collaboration with CIMA to promote the Certificate in Islamic Finance.
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