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Session7:ProspectsforIslamicGreenFinance

SecuritiesCommissionMalaysia–WorldBank–IOSCOAsiaPacificHubConference2018

AbayomiAlawode HeadofIslamicFinance Finance,Competitiveness&InnovationGlobalPractice(FCI) TheWorldBankGroup

AbayomiAlawodejoinedtheWorldBankin1997asaYoungProfessionalandiscurrentlyHeadof Islamic Finance in the Bank’s Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice.Previously, he worked in various capacities including as PracticeManager (Financial SystemsPractice), Lead Financial Sector Specialist (East Asia and Pacific Region) and as ProgramLeader/Senior Financial Specialist (World Bank Institute). He also served as Adviser, FinancialStabilityattheCentralBankofBahrainfrom2006to2010.BeforejoiningtheWorldBank,AbayomiwasaLecturerinEconomicsattheObafemiAwolowoUniversity, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (1990-1994) and an Instructor in Development Economics at theUniversity of Cambridge. He holds a B.Sc and M.Sc (both in Economics) from the ObafemiAwolowoUniversity,Ile-Ife,NigeriaandanM.PhilinDevelopmentStudiesfromtheUniversityofCambridge, England. He is the author of several academic papers onmonetary and financialsectorissues.