Mr. Abdulkader Thomas is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SHAPE Knowledge Services. He has over 35 years of diversified financial services experience in major markets including Bahrain. New York, London. Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. He has served in senior positions of international banks and the CEO of regional banks and financial service companies. His areas of activity have included trade finance, real estate finance, securities, and alternative finance at various global and regional financial institutions. He was chairman of Sanabel Investment Co. (formerly Alkhabeer International) in Bahrain. and later as chairman of Alkhabeer Capital (DIFC) Limited. He has acted as a member of the international advisory board of the Securities Commission of Malaysia. Based on his diversified financial services experience, the following are excerpts of his interview on the prospects of Islamic finance in the United States (US), UK and Africa.
