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Mufti Muhammad Nurullah Shikder (Invited)
Shariah Scholar, Gatehouse Bank, UK
  Mufti Muhammad Nurullah Shikder is the Head of the Shariah Advisory and Shariah Compliance Department at Gatehouse and an executive member of the Bank’s Shariah Supervisory Board. He studied Shariah and completed the Shahaadatul Aalamiyyah and obtained a BA/MA (Islamic Theology) from Darul Uloom Al Arabiyya Al Islamiyya, Bury, UK. He subsequently spent another year at the same institution specialising in Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence). Mufti Muhammad Shikder is also a non-practicing barrister and has an LL.M in Banking and Finance Law from University College London. Prior to joining Gatehouse, Mufti Muhammad spent three and a half years with Dubai Islamic Bank in the Shariah Coordination Department and worked closely with Dr. Hussain Hamid Hassan (Chairman of Dubai Islamic Bank’s Shariah Board). He has been involved in many transactions involving innovative structuring and documentation including Sukuk, Islamic Funds, Islamic Syndications and other corporate and retail products. He also provided training in Islamic banking and finance for employees of Dubai Islamic Bank and other institutions in Dubai. He regularly attends and participates in Islamic finance seminars and conferences and is widely regarded as a leading Shariah scholar in the field of Islamic finance. Mufti Muhammad currently sits on the Shariah Boards of Lloyds TSB Bank, Alburaq of Arab Banking Corporation, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) and others.