Khurram Jafree is currently Director, Head of Investment Management, Middle East for Barclays Wealth based in Dubai. Prior to his move to Dubai, Khurram was Chair of the Investment Committee and Regional Investment Director at Gerrard Investment Management, Barclays Wealth in the UK, overseeing the investment policy and process for $20 billion in private client assets. Prior to this he was team leader and lead investment manager responsible for running both UK and offshore globally invested mandates. He retains his role in managing multi asset class portfolios for private clients. Before joining Barclays Wealth, he specialised in advising Middle Eastern sovereign and institutional clients on their US equity investments, both in the public and private markets having worked at Legg Mason and Oppenheimer & Co in London, and for several years for Oppenheimer in New York. He started his career in New York as a financial futures and commodities specialist before focussing on US equities. He is a visiting lecturer at Cass Business School at City University in London, teaching on the Executive MBA program. He has a BSc in Engineering from the University of Surrey in Guildford, and an MBA from Cass Business School, City University.

Dr. Shahira Abdel Shahid is the Advisor to the Chairman of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX). Her current job entails being abreast of key developments taking place at World Exchanges and advising EGX on implementing the ones that are relevant to the Egyptian context. Dr. Abdel Shahid's main areas of expertise regarding stock exchanges include; strategies, rules and regulations, new products, investor education etc. Dr. Abdel Shahid has been instrumental in modernizing EGX rules & regulations, initiating its publications, introducing new products on EGX, presenting EGX in international conferences and assisting EGX to become the first Arab Exchange to be a member of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) in 2005. Dr. Abdel El Shahid has been working for EGX since 1997. Dr. Abdel Shahid has twenty four years of experience covering various areas such as consulting, valuation of companies, research, feasibility studies as well as teaching experience. Dr. Abdel Shahid has a PhD in Finance from Aston University, United Kingdom in 1993, MSc in Finance from Strathclyde University, United Kingdom in 1990. She earned an MBA and BA in Business Administration, from the American University in Cairo, Egypt in 1988 and 1984; respectively.

Jae Kyu Bae, managing director, is the CIO of Index and Alternative Investment Strategy (AIS) Division (Index and AIS) at Samsung ITMC. As the CIO of Index and AIS Division, he is responsible for managing passive portfolios and developing structured products, which is based on local and overseas index(both equity and commodity). After serving as an active manager upon joining Samsung, he set up the Index and Alternative Investment Strategy team. He initiated the first Korean ETF and successfully launched KODEX200 in 2002. His ETF division is now managing 13 ETFs including 11 local market index ETFs and 2 overseas market index ETFS(China H ETF and TOPIX 100 ETF) . In 2007, his division was elected as an advisor for Thai ETF. He is also in charge of one of the biggest structured product team in Korea. He is playing the major role in the field of Index & Alternative investment. He has a master of economics from Yonsei University.

After occupying different positions, such as research and financial analysis, in various departments at Zawya, I currently hold the position of Vice President - Funds Investment, namely in charge of the Funds Monitor and all its related activities. Our mission is to grow the nascent funds industry in the region by making it more transparent and professional to reach the required international standards, serving Investors and Fund Managers alike. Previously and to gain experience in investment banking, I held the position of Investment Analyst at DAMAC Invest, which consisted of analyzing companies, sectors, private investments and buyouts for the company. As for my education, I have completed with Honors my Bachelor in Finance from John Molson School of Business in Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Afterwards, I did a Masters of Science in Economics and graduated with Merits from Birbeck College, University of London, in London, United Kingdom.

Majid is an experienced financial services professional. He has been a key individual in the establishment of Yasaar Limited, the first Shariah compliance services company. Majid in his capacity as chief executive of Yasaar assists financial institutions structure cost-effective Shariah compliant financing structures around the globe. He is a Director of BRR Investments, set up in the early 1980s with shareholders including Robert Fleming and the International Finance Corporation, who are the managers of the first and largest Islamic leasing company in Pakistan. Prior to setting up Yasaar, Majid held the position of country representative for Credit Lyonnais Securities (Asia) Ltd as well as capital markets consultant to Credit Lyonnais and Jardine Fleming, advising on privatisation and capital market issues. Majid is a well known and much sought after speaker on Islamic finance and Shariah, having presented on these topics globally as well as having authored numerous articles for industry journals.In 2004, Majid was presented the Deloitte & Touche award for the most innovative Islamic finance product for the Caravan 1 Sukuk. Under his leadership and guidance in December 2007 Yasaar was voted “The Best Islamic Finance Advisory Firm” by the readers of Islamic Business and Finance magazine. Majid holds a BA (Economics) from the University of Massachusetts.

Sean joined EIS Asset Management (the asset management arm of Emirates NBD Bank) in March 2008 as Head of Investment Funds, where he is responsible for multi-manager fund of funds across a range of asset classes and regions. Before that he was Head of Hedge Funds and International Equities at Gulf Investment Corporation in Kuwait. Sean has 8 years buy-side experience in US equities at Morley Fund Management in Boston, USA and ADIA in UAE. Sean has worked in consultancy, beginning his career at BARRA in London and also working as a Senior Investment Consultant at Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow where he advised large pension fund on investment strategy and managers. He has an MBA from Warwick Business School and is a Member of the CFA Institute.

Dan is the Global Head of Lyxor ETFs Sales & Marketing based in London. Dan has over 15 years of diverse investment industry experiences. Dan joined Lyxor Asset Management from Barclays Global Investors, where he was the UK & Ireland Director of Business Development for iShares. Prior to Barclays, Dan was the UK Sales Manager for UBS Wealth Management, where he helped develop UBS’s UK High Net Worth and Ultra High Net Worth businesses. He arrived in London in 1999 with Goldman Sachs, where he worked as a convertible bond research analyst and as a US institutional equity salesperson, covering large asset managers and hedge funds. Dan began his career in the Investment Banking Division of Salomon Brothers in New York and was later transferred to Hong Kong and Jakarta for three years. At Salomon Brothers, Dan developed an expertise in power and infrastructure sectors, and he provided advisory services and raised capital for some of the largest power and infrastructure companies in the United States, Latin American and Asia. Dan graduated with an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has a BA from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Dan is a CFA Charterholder and holds the Chartered Market Technician and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations. Dan is a Member of the CFA Institute, the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association, the Market Technicians Association, the CFA Society of the UK, the Global Association of Risk Professionals and Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs). He is an Associate of the UK Society of Technical Analysts. Dan is on the Board of Advisors for the Howard J. Busby Finance Academy at the Mason Business School at the College of William and Mary in Virginia.

Deborah A. Fuhr was previously Managing Director and head of the Investment Strategies Group at Morgan Stanley based in London. The unit advised institutional investors globally and writo on the implementation and strategy on the use of Delta 1 products - including Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on equity, fixed income and commodity indices globally, OPALS (Optimised Portfolios As Listed Securities), certificates, swaps, futures, TOPAS, Index Funds, out-performance trades, securities lending and yield enhancement trades. The group published four comprehensive quarterly reports: 1) ETF Global Industry Review, 2) ETF short interest, 3) ETF options and futures and 4) ETF Global Tracking Monitor. It produced reports on specific trade ideas: performs customised analysis for clients critiquing and comparing the various costs of implementing asset allocation strategies using Delta 1 products: publishes quarterly guidebooks on global ETFs, index futures and options, swaps and certificates, OPALS, TOPAS and Shariah Index Funds. The group also maintained the following pages on Bloomberg ETFS , OPALS , MSEQ (for swaps), MSFU (for futures) and MSDP (for certificates) and on Reuters and Telekurs OPALS pages. For the past four years, Morgan Stanley’s Investment Strategies team has been ranked first for Exchange Traded Fund Research by investors in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas in a global survey conducted by ExchangeTradedFunds.com. For the past three years, Deborah has in the same survey won the award for the Greatest Overall Contribution to the development of the Global ETF industry. In 2007, Ms Fuhr was named as one of the Top 100 women in Finance, a distinguished list of the most influential women in European Finance, by Financial News. Ms Fuhr has been assisting clients with the implementation of Delta 1 solutions for over 10 years. She is on the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges (CASE) in Egypt and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Indexes. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Ms. Fuhr was an Associate at Greenwich Associates a financial service consulting firm. She has an MBA from the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, and Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut. Some of her articles include Exchange Traded Funds: Annual Survey of Institutional Users - Institutional Investor: A Guide to Exchange Traded Funds and Indexing Innovations Fall 2007 The Attraction of Exchange Traded Funds - FSI Financial Solutions International Spring 2007 Seventh Anniversary of ETFs in Europe – Investors Chronicle, 20 - 26th April 2007 ETFs in Europe – Swiss Exchange/Virt-x ETF newsletter No 14/4th Quarter 2006 Exchange Traded Funds - A Useful Tool for Institutional Investors - Finance May 2004 Europe’s Investors Respond to ETFs - Investments & Pensions Europe November 2003 Too Much of a Good Thing, Portfolio International August 2003 Exchange Traded Funds: A Global Overview End of Second Quarter 2003, Institutional Investor ETF Guidebook Exchange Traded Funds: A Global Overview, Year-End 2002, World Stock Exchange Handbook, 2003 Dublin is now domicile of choice for a fifth of the world’s exchange traded funds, Finance Dublin May 2003 ETFs Provide Investors with a Flexible Friend, March - April 2003 issue NASDAQ Magazine Fast Track Growth Ahead, October 2002 issue of Investment & Pensions Europe ETFs Stake a Claim in Europe, October 2002 issue of International Fund Investment ETFs: Whole New Panorama, December 2001 issue of Investment & Pensions Europe ETF Way to Manage Cash, December 2001 issue of Investment & Pensions Europe Exchange Traded Funds: A Primer, December 2001 issue of Journal of Asset Management Flexibility of ETFs Helps Spur Growth of Marketplace, December 10, 2001 issue of Pensions & Investments ETF’s Challenge to Futures, May 2000 issue of Investment & Pensions Europe ETFs Are Busting Out All Over – Professional investors see alternatives to futures, Dow Jones Indexes First Quarter 2001

Dr. Jason Hsu oversees the research and investment management areas at Research Affiliates. He manages 35 billion dollars in the firm's sub-advisory and hedge fund businesses as well as direct researches on asset allocation models that drive the firm’s global macro and GTAA products and equity strategies that underpin RA's Fundamental Index® concept. Jason is an Adjunct Professor in Finance at the UCLA Anderson Business School and served as Visiting Professor at the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Management and the School of Commerce at Taiwan National Chengchi University. Jason graduated summa cum laude from California Institute of Technology and earned his Ph.D. in finance from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Richard Kang has been active in both institutional and individual asset/risk management for over twelve years with extensive experience in multi asset class mandates as well as strategies applying the use of passive instruments. Richard spent six years with a Toronto based investment firm whose services for institutional investors focused on various hedge fund strategies. Subsequently, Richard built and managed the investment management subsidiary of a private wealth firm. In 2002, Richard co-founded an investment firm managing long-only GAA mandates for private investors and short-only “beta filtering” overlays for multi-strategy hedge funds/FOFs. In addition to running his firm, Richard was retained by a FOFs for two years as its Chief Investment Officer. He currently writes a blog, The Beta Brief (www.thebetabrief.com) and consults to a small number of indexing/ETF providers and asset allocators.

Miklos Nagy is President, co-founder and CEO of Quadrexx Asset Management Inc. Miklos Nagy is also Chairman, co-founder and CEO of Canadian Hedge Watch Inc., a Toronto based publishing and educational firm focusing on the Canadian hedge fund industry. Mr. Nagy is a well known authority on alternative investments and hedge funds in Canada. He is the co-author of Canada's first hedge fund book, "Hedge Funds for Canadians", published by John Wiley and Sons in May 2003. A Second, updated edition of this book was published in July, 2005. He has been featured extensively on national television and newspapers. He has also been invited as a speaker to numerous financial seminars and conferences for several organizations. Mr. Nagy has 21 years of financial industry experience in Canada including Senior Partner at a financial planning firm and Credit Analyst at Credit Suisse Canada in Toronto. Mr. Nagy studied Math and Computer Science in Hungary, and graduated with a B.Sc.(Hons.) degree from the University of Toronto in Economics and Statistics and holds the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and CFP (Certified Financial Planner) professional designations. Mr. Nagy is 2nd Vice Chair of CIFPs (Canadian Institute of Financial Planners Association), a member of CFA Institute, the Toronto CFA Society and a founding member of the Hungarian Society of Investment Professionals, Budapest.

Dr. Armen Papazian earned his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge, UK, specializing in Financial Economics. He is currently a Senior Vice President at the Dubai International Financial Exchange, DIFX. He has joined DIFX after an active academic career in Cambridge and the Region. Dr. Papazian has published many articles in a variety of outlets, and has been an independent consultant and speaker for private and public organizations around the world. His fields of specialization are Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Capital Markets and Investments.

Mr. Ali Said Ali is heading the Asset Management and Private Banking of BankMuscat, leading bank in Oman. He is instrumental in development of asset management business at BankMuscat. Among the products managed by his team, the notable are Muscat Fund which is investing into Oman market, Oryx Fund which is focused on GCC markets and BM MSCI® Kuwait Index Fund focused on MSCI® Kuwait Index. The team is also providing Portfolio Management Services. The funds are one of the best performing funds in their respective areas. Muscat Fund was rated ‘A’ by S&P and Oryx Fund was given ‘AA’ rating. Ali has over 21 years of experience in development banking and investment banking activities. Before BankMuscat, he worked for Oman Development Bank and Al Ahlia Securities. Mr. Ali holds MBA – International (Birmingham University – UK). He used to hold and also currently holding directorships on a number of companies and institution.

Holds a Ph. D. in Economics, from the University of Chicago, and is Director of Macroeconomics and Statistics, at the Dubai International Financial Center. Previously he held the position of Head of Economic Research, at the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting in Doha, the GCC regional institution focusing on economic diversification of member states. He has been Executive Director at Goldman Sachs International, from 2001 to 2003, Senior Economist and Adviser in the Research Directorate of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 1998 to 2001 and has held positions as an economist in various departments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1992 to 1998. He has also worked as a consultant for major corporate clients, financial institutions, hedge funds and the European Union. He has taught in academic institutions in particular at the University of Chicago where he has been an assistant in Corporate Finance to the Nobel Prize Laureate Prof. Merton Miller. His views and research pieces are often quoted on international media such as The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The BBC, CNN, Reuters, Dow Jones News, Market Watch, Bloomberg, The New York Times as well as local media. Dr. Scacciavillani has published articles on macroeconomics and exchange rates in refereed international academic journals and has written numerous papers while at the IMF and the European Central Bank some of which re-printed in academic books. He has written reports issued by the IMF on member countries; research articles put out in the ECB Monthly Bulletin and issued numerous market analyses in the monthly, weekly and daily periodicals of Goldman Sachs. He is regularly invited to deliver speeches or serve as panelist in various leading conferences worldwide.

Mr. Rehan Syed is the Head of Portfolio Management for the ABN Amro Private Bank in Dubai which manages several billion dollars of wealth. He helps high net worth clients allocate across multiple asset classes like stocks, bonds, mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity, structured products and real estate, spanning both developed and emerging markets. Prior to ABN Amro, Mr. Syed was at Societe Generale in San Francisco where he was a Managing Director of Investment Research. On two occasions, was ranked by the prestigious "Wall Street Journal" among the top five analysts in his sector. He was one of the first on the Street to downgrade stocks in January 2001, helping his clients avoid the brunt of the market correction in 2001-2002. He has been profiled in detail by the Wall Street Journal for his award winning investment ideas and received additional favorable coverage from major media like CNBC, Smart Money, Institutional Investor and more. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Ohio Wesleyan University (1988) where he graduated at the top of his class and an MBA from U.C. Berkeley (1993) where he graduated with a perfect final-year GPA.

Sulaiman oversees the company and client portfolio investments totaling 3 billion USD. Heading the Investment Banking Group, Sulaiman led a team of bankers and traders to create the first index-linked retail capital guaranteed fund in the Middle East, the first set of leveraged index portfolios, the first ETF on the GCC listed in London Stock Exchange to allow foreign investors a flexible vehicle to gain exposure to the previously untapped region. As an emerging market, Sulaiman confronts the global markets with the potential gains and diversification benefits many portfolio have been waiting for. Sulaiman understands the various concerns global investors face when dealing with the region and is willing to enlighten the way of bridging the investment divide.

Dr Hardeep Tamana has worked in the Financial Services sector since 1994 in various Banking roles and later developed a conventional stockbroking career. Hardeep pursues a value investment style but is not averse to adapting market tactics to suit the overall market conditions, especially where this is deemed likely to enhance returns. In 2002, Hardeep founded the UK's first Islamic Stockbroking Service - later Fyshe Crestar. In his current role, Hardeep has transformed the direction of Fyshe Horton Finney Ltd from a respected regional stockbroker to one with an international financial services agenda. Hardeep is a regular contributor to Bloomberg TV as well as other UK press & media.

Nik Norishky Thani is the Executive Director of Islamic Finance at Dubai International Financial Centre. He was a Fulbright scholar at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. where he focused on Islamic law and finance for his Master of Law (LL.M) and graduated top of his class with Distinction and Dean’s List. He is a fellow at the Center for International Environmental Law, a Geneva based international body that promotes sustainable economic development. Nik Norishky Thani also underwent the Program of Instruction for Lawyers at Harvard Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. He has extensive experience in advising and structuring Islamic financial instruments for over ten years, in particular Islamic Sukuk. Prior to DIFC, he was the Head of Islamic Capital Markets for MIMB Investment Bank Malaysia and Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad. He was also previously attached with Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad and Commerce International Merchant Bankers (“CIMB”). Nik Norishky Thani was also a Petronas scholar and holds a law degree (LL.B) from the University of Cardiff, United Kingdom. He was a former student of Malaysia’s premier school, the Malay College Kuala Kangsar.

Danièle joined the EasyETF business development team in 2005. She has 19 years of experience in financial products. She has been with BNP Paribas since 1997. Before joining the EasyETF team, she helped develop the currency overlay management business (begun in 2001) for BNPParibas AM and Overlay Asset Management. In 1997 she created the sales desk for foreign exchange and FX derivative products for BNP Paribas’ fixed income division servicing central bank and supranational clients. Before joining BNP Paribas, Danièle held various positions as senior manager of Financial Futures on both regulated (MATIF, CBOT, CME, Philadelphia) and OTC markets for major US Investment Houses such as Drexel BL, Paine Webber and Smith Barney. Danièle holds a Masters in Business Administration and Marketing from University of Paris-Dauphine.

Brian Wesbury is Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors L.P., a financial services firm based in Lisle, Illinois and serves on the Board of Advisors to First Trust Capital Partners, an affiliated private-equity firm. The Wall Street Journal ranked Mr.Wesbury the nation’s #1 U.S. economic forecaster in 2001 and USA Today ranked him as one of the nation’s top 10 forecasters in 2004. Mr. Wesbury writes frequently for the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal and is the Economics Editor of “The American Spectator.” In 2007, he was named a CNBC Contributor. Mr. Wesbury is a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and is also an adjunct professor of economics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Additionally, he sits on the Board of Managers of Three-Sixty Advisory Group, a Pasadena, California based consulting and private-equity firm. Mr. Wesbury began his career in 1982 at the Harris Bank in Chicago. Former positions include Vice President and Economist for the Chicago Corporation and Senior Vice President and Chief Economist for Griffin, Kubik, Stephens, & Thompson. In 1995 and 1996, he served as Chief Economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. Mr. Wesbury received an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Montana. McGraw-Hill published his first book, The New Era of Wealth, in October 1999. He is currently working on a new book, scheduled to be published in 2008 by John Wiley & Sons.