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Hatim Tahir, FCIB, FSI, is Head of Training, DIFX Academy, Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX). He develops the Academy's strategy for professional competency-based training and education in financial markets. He also assists the DIFX in business and product development, and research relating to conventional and Islamic capital markets to support the launch of various markets within the Exchange.

Before joining the DIFX he was Head of Islamic Banking and Finance at the Emirates Institute for Banking (EIBFS) and prior to that chaired the Finance Department, Faculty of Business Administration, Ajman University (AUST). He also spent over ten years as a business consultant in the United Kingdom.

Dr Tahir has many years experience in the operations and regulation of Islamic financial markets including securities regulation expertise in the GCC capital markets. He was instrumental in developing capital markets education in the GCC and Malaysia; an initiative led by the NASD (now INFRA International), University of Reading and INCEIF. Dr Tahir holds a PhD in Banking and Finance from University of London, and was a Research Associate at the London School of Economics from 1995-2001, now Fellow of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), University of Reading, UK.

Ashley is a partner in Clyde & Co's Dubai office. Trained and qualified in Australia, he moved to London in 1993 and worked in both leading financial services companies and international law firms. His experience led him to head the capital markets/wholesale banking department in one firm and also to coordinate the European finance offering of his most previous firm before moving to Clyde & Co in Dubai in November 2006.

Ashley's experience encompasses a wide range of banking and finance transactions and he has been involved in a significant number of high value and high quality transactions.