Financial Times - Dubai-based Sri Lankan appointed director of South African Islamic bank

Dubai-based Sri Lankan appointed director of South African Islamic bank

Farook Kassim, a Dubai-based Sri Lankan businessman has been appointed as a director of Albaraka Bank, South Africa's leading Muslim financial institution.

Farook Kassim

Kassim is CEO of the Al Bogari Group, based in Dubai and with business interests in 15 countries in many areas including commodity trading, electronics, precious metals, scrap vessels, aviation, real estate, logistics, freight and forwarding, aviation, Islamic banking and insurance, education and travel.

He has successfully managed the Al Bogari Group for the past 31 years and recently completed the 34th session of the Owner / President Management Programme conducted by Harvard Business School and is now a Harvard Alumni.

He is also Vice Chairman of the Dubai Foodstuff Group which has been set up by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce.

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