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The Inauguration of the Islamic Banking and Finance Society (IBFS) at the Oxford Union Debating Chamber on February 12 featured presentations by leading figures from the Islamic finance world. Keynote speakers included Salah Jaidah, vice chairman of Mena at Deutsche Bank and chief country officer for Deutsche Bank Qatar; Baroness Warsi, Senior Minister of State and Minister for Faith and Communities, and the Ministerial lead on Islamic Finance; Nigel Denison, executive director of Bank of London and the Middle East (BLME), and Azeemeh Zaheer, vice president of Gatehouse Bank and former vice consul, US oil & gas sector head for the British Consulate General. The IBFS hopes to act as a platform for leading professionals in Islamic banking to create relationships with students at Oxford interested in pursuing a career in finance.