19 August 2015
5th Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA) will be held on 28th September 2015 at the Gulf Hotel, Bahrain. This year's Awards Ceremony is being held in strategic partnership with National Bank of Kazakhstan, and is expected to continue its tradition of celebrating achievements of individuals, institutions and governments in promoting and advocating Islamic banking and finance.

The awards committee has confirmed winners in more than 30 categories, in addition to the two Global Islamic Finance Leadership Awards to be, presented to a distinguished personality and country, respectively, for their leadership roles in the global Islamic financial services industry. The previous GIFA laureates (recipients of Global Islamic Finance Leadership Awards) include Tun Abdullah Badawi (former Prime Minister of Malaysia), HRH Sultan Nazrin Shah (Sultan of State of Perak), Mr Shaukat Aziz (former Prime Minister of Pakistan), and HE Nursultan Nazabayev (President of Kazakhstan).

"GIFA are the most prestigious Islamic finance awards programme in the world, respected and sought after by leading political personalities and countries involved in Islamic banking and finance," said Professor Humayon Dar, Founding Chairman of GIFA. The last year Awards Ceremony was attended by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai and Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, along with key members of their respective cabinet ministers.

"We launched GIFA at the first Oman Islamic Economic Forum held at Muscat in 2011 with a vision to make them the true industry representative awards, and today I am proud to see GIFA emerging as the most authentic Islamic finance awards," said Khalid Alyahmadi, Chairman, Amjaad Holding & Co-founder of GIFA.

Edbiz Consulting, the Programme Manager for GIFA, will publish a special GIFA Supplement on the occasion. "The winners will be profiled in the GIFA Supplement to promote them as leading players in the Islamic financial services industry," said Rizwan Malik, Head of Business Development & Strategy at Edbiz Consulting. Last year's GIFA Supplement was a huge success and was deemed as a prestigious document by the industry observers.

About Edbiz Consulting:
Edbiz Consulting Limited is an Islamic finance advisory arm of the London-based Edbiz Corporation.  The team at Edbiz Consulting have offered a wide range of Islamic financial consultancy services to the corporates, governments and multilateral institutions around the world. Its Islamic finance advocacy programme includes Global Islamic Finance Report (GIFR), Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA) and Islamic Finance Access Programme (IFAP). 

For those who would like to know more about the GIFA and the different categories, please visit www.edbizconsulting.com

For more information, please contact Rizwan Malik at rmalik@edbizconsulting.com.

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