Course Director
Brian Kettell worked for several years as an Economic Advisor for what later became the Central Bank of Bahrain. He had numerous Islamic banking responsibilities.
Brian is the Joint Editor of the Islamic Finance Qualification Handbook and has published over 100 articles in journals, business magazines and the financial press. He has also published 14 books on banking and financial markets and has taught courses on Islamic banking and finance at a range of financial institutions. These include: National Commercial Bank (Saudi Arabia), Global Investment House (Kuwait), Noor Islamic Bank (UAE) , UK Treasury, Central Bank of Iran, Central Bank of Syria, Securities Investment Institute and the Institute for Financial Services. He has also taught at a number of universities worldwide including the London School of Economics, the City University of Hong Kong and London MetropolitanUniversity Business School.
“Brian Kettell deserves the thanks of every practitioner of Islamic Finance for he has brought his years of experience in conventional finance, and especially as a regulator, to help explain the fundamental points of convergence and divergence between Shariah compliant finance and mainstream, interest based finance. In doing so, the book is direct and coincide, with the result that readers will easily comprehend the whys and the wherefores of this somewhat different, challenging, and ultimately rewarding approach to finance” Shaykh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo, Chief Shariah Officer and Board Member at Shariah Capital.
(Shaykh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo is a well-known and respected Shariah advisor and Islamic scholar whose career spans more than 30 years. He serves as a Shariah advisor to over 20 global financial entities, including AAOIFI, index providers, banks, mutual funds, real estate funds, leasing funds, institutional investors, home finance providers and alternative asset managers.)