Lord Sheikh attended the Ethical Finance and Community Development Forum on 8th September 2018 at Edinburgh Napier University’s Business School.

Lord Sheikh Is Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Islamic Finance and gave the keynote speech at the forum.

Lord Sheikh commended the university for establishing the International Centre for Management and Governance Research and supports its aim of bringing together academic and professional knowledge on international management and governance. Lord Sheikh spoke of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Islamic Finance and their work. He then talked about ethical finance developments in the UK, especially in Scotland where there is a long history of financial services, including ethical finance.

The Forum was an important platform to discuss the role of ethical finance towards the development of community and people across races, religions and backgrounds.