Author: Umer Suleman

Umer is Islam21c’s Finance Editor. He holds a PG Diploma in Governance Risk & Compliance from Manchester Business School, is one of the founding members of the National Waqf Fund and currently heads the Business and Economics Committee for the Islamic Council of Europe. Umer also serves as an External Consultant for Islamic Finance Council UK (UKIFC). Umer has advised several start-ups, as well as the UK government, on alternative finance schemes and actively serves as a non-executive advisor in the FinTech and Islamic Finance space, amongst whom is the UK’s first FCA authorised Shariah Compliant FinTech platform, Yielders.