Mujtaba Khalid, Islamic finance thought leader, joins XTCC Advisory Team
2024年7月8日 - 3:10PM
XTCC, the pioneer in exchange-listed, high-integrity carbon credit
investment assets, is pleased to announce that Mujtaba Khalid, a
thought leader and influencer in global Islamic finance, has joined
its advisory team.
A highly experienced finance professional who has worked with
governments, education, non-profit and private organisations in the
UK, Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, Mujtaba is recognised as
one of the top 500 industry leaders driving the global Islamic
economy and brings a wealth of experience to XTCC.
Mujtaba is co-founder of Bagh-e, a specialist app (part of
Harvard Innovation Labs) created to address financial inclusion and
low farm yields among small-scale farmers with the longer term goal
of becoming the world’s first Shariah-compliant digital agriculture
bank, Mujtaba was previously Head of the Islamic Finance Centre at
the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF).
The Islamic Finance Center (IFC) is one of the world's oldest
professional qualification providers in Islamic Finance; in his
leadership role, Mujtaba’s role encompassed government and private
sector advisory, establishing effective governance frameworks, for
Islamic capital market products and conducting Islamic finance
training and capacity building programmes. Specifically, Mujtaba
launched the world’s first education-linked NFTs and held the
first-ever Islamic finance seminar in the Metaverse and grew the
IFC’s global footprint with new projects in Europe, Central Asia,
Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East.
Mujtaba also worked for the UK-based Islamic Finance Council
where he was involved in developing Islamic finance governance
frameworks for central bank bodies, conducting research for the
Scottish government on the viability of Sukuks to fund alternative
energy projects, structuring Islamic finance products for one of
the UK’s largest credit unions and providing investment strategy
for Islamic Relief International’s Waqf (trust) fund.
Scott Levy said: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to
benefit from Mujtaba’s extensive knowledge and direct experience of
bringing together Islamic finance and climate change initiatives.
He is an eminent and welcome addition to the prestigious team of
advisors globally that inform and support our continuing innovation
in the delivery of quality investment assets linked to high
integrity carbon credits”.
Mujtaba Khalid added: “I’m excited to be joining XTCC in an
advisory role and very much looking forward to contributing to
their efforts to make a meaningful impact to Net Zero goals through
the creation of investment opportunities - including
Shariah-compliant assets - associated with vetted, validated
high-integrity carbon credit projects around the world. I
will be part of an impressive lineup of expert advisors supporting
XTCC’s growing presence and influence on the global Net Zero
stage.”
Mujtaba has a BSc (Hons) from the London School of Economics and
Political Science and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of
Government, where he was an Edward Mason Fellow. He also holds
several professional Islamic finance qualifications, including the
CIMA Islamic Finance Diploma, the Islamic Banking and Finance
qualification from the State Bank of Pakistan, and the CIFP from
INCEIF, based in Malaysia.
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About XTCC
The asset class for the net zero world XTCC is the
world's first stock market quoted investment ecosystem for
high-integrity carbon credits sourced from verified, audited
projects including renewable energy, nature-based solutions and
blue carbon.
Investment is essential to bridge the multi-trillion-dollar gap
in climate finance. XTCC has created financial instruments that,
for the first time, establish fair market value as a reference for
high-integrity carbon credits and provide capital markets with an
ecosystem of financial instruments that enables liquidity to flow
to the communities where it is most needed.
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The Realization Group
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Seth Elliott, CEO
XTCC
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Media Contact
Tina Kane
The Realization Group
tina.kane@therealizationgroup.com
Seth Elliott, CEO
XTCC
seth@xtcc.investments