Lotfi Zairi

Head of Sovereign Division at ICIEC

Speaker

Mr. Lotfi Zairi is currently managing the Sovereign Underwriting Division in ICIEC-IsDB Group, providing Credit and Political Risk insurance cover to Project Finance, International Trade Finance, ECA Finance, Equity Investment.

For 36 years, he has gained rich and diversified professional experience in cross border financing, investment and liquidity management in Islamic retail Banking, Islamic Investment Banking, Takaful, Islamic Capital Market (especially Sukuk), and Financial Advisory Services.

He has taken different levels of responsibilities in Structured Finance, Investment Banking, Business Development, Treasury, Risk Management, Takaful Underwriting and Financial Consulting Services. Mr. Lotfi Zairi reached the top management level as Assistant General Manager, International Department, QIIB Bank, and Director, Risk management Department, ICIEC.

He is a trilingual speaker in Islamic Finance Industry (English, French and Arabic) and contributed as lecturer in various conferences with the AAOIFI, IFSB, IIFM, WIBC, IsDB, IRTI, King Abdulaziz University.

He is an IRTI- IsDB instructor in EdX online course on Islamic Finance and Capital Markets, Trainor in Islamic Insurance (Takaful) and Instructor of Master Class courses in Islamic Finance.

Mr. Lotfi Zairi holds an MBA in International Management and a Bachelor in Economic Sciences.