ABOUT US
Guardian Investment House (GIH) is a boutique, multi-disciplinary Islamic investment and advisory firm specializing in both traditional and alternative investment opportunities. The firm offers “sophisticated” high net worth, businesses and trusts with a broad spectrum of shariah complaint investment and financial solutions, including but limited to investment placements, private equity/venture capital solutions, brokerage and proprietary research services.
Management:
The firm is managed by a team of seasoned investment and financial professionals with a combined experience of over 30 years. The team has acquired expertise working in reputed global and regional firms in North America, Middle East and South East Asia. In addition to the senior management, a qualified team of analysts and investment and Shariah advisors, gives GIH considerable expertise in structuring, placing and managing investments.
Additionally, GIH has established a strong network of relationships with top Islamic investment/fund managers, investment bankers and other industry professionals around the world, to enable it to promptly adapt to the economic environment and re-balance client’s portfolios to appropriately take advantage of what different markets can offer.
Shariah Advisory & Supervisory Board (SASB):
The GIH Shariah Advisory & Supervisory Board (SASB) consists of an eminent group of scholars with diverse ethnic and professional backgrounds, who are considered authorities in Islamic jurisprudence and finance by the global Islamic finance industry. The scholars of SASB are composed of the Amanie Shariah Supervisory Board members.
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Dr. Mohamed Ali Elgari (Chairman) |
Dr. Elgari is a Professor of Islamic Economics and the former Director of the Centre for Research in Islamic Economics at King Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Ali Elgari is an advisor to several Islamic financial institutions throughout the world, and is on the Shariah board of the Dow Jones Islamic index. He is also a member of the Islamic Fiqh Academy as well as the Accounting & Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). Dr. Elgari has written several books on Islamic banking. He graduated from the University of California with a Ph.D in Economics. |
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Dr. Daud Bakar |
Dr. Bakar is currently the Chairman of the Shariah Advisory Council at the Central Bank of Malaysia. Previously, he was the Deputy Rector (Student Affairs and Development) at the International Islamic University Malaysia. Dr. Bakar is a Shariah board member of various financial institutions, including the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) (Bahrain), The International Islamic Financial Market (Bahrain), The Securities Commission of Malaysia, Morgan Stanley (Dubai), and the Bank of London and Middle East (London) among many others. |
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Dr. Muhammad Amin Ali Qattan |
Dr. Qattan has a Ph.D. in Islamic Banking from Birmingham University in the United Kingdom. A lecturer and a prolific author of texts and articles on Islamic economics and finance, Dr. Qattan is currently the Director of Islamic Economics Unit, in the Centre of Excellence in Management at Kuwait University. He also serves as the Shariah advisor to many reputable institutions such as Ratings Intelligence, Standard & Poor’s Shariah Indices, and the Al Fajer Retakaful, among others. |
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Dr. Osama Al Dereai |
Dr. Dereai has extensive experience in teaching, consulting and research in the field of Islamic finance. Dr. Al Dereai received his Bachelors in the Science of Hadeth Al Sharef from the prestigious Islamic University of Madinah, and his Masters from the International Islamic University (Malaysia). Later, the University of Malaya conferred on him the Doctorate in Islamic Transactions. Dr. Al Dereai is a Shariah board member of various financial institutions, including among others the First Leasing Company, Barwa Bank, First Investment Company, and Ghanim Al Saad Group of Companies. |
