The 8th Global Islamic Finance Awards were held on 29th September in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. DDCAP were the winners of the prestigious ‘GIFA Market Leadership Award 2018 (Facilitation & Support)’, and were represented at the awards ceremony and following Gala dinner by David Testa, Executive Director. Stella Cox CBE, Managing Director of DDCAP, said on the news of the award “DDCAP Group is honoured and privileged to be announced as the winner of the GIFA Market Leadership Award 2018 (Facilitation & Support). We are truly delighted to receive the recognition of the GIFA Committee again this year with its validation of the commitment and investment that DDCAP has made, for more than twenty years, to provide intermediary asset facilitation services to support Islamic financial market requirement. These, combined with the robust, responsible, automated financial technology solutions that we have been delivering to our clients endorses our mission to assist the further development of our industry. We are proud of our unique business model and humbled that GIFA should consider that we are a market leader.”
The GIFA Leadership Award for 2018 was awarded to the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina, His Excellency Bakar Izetbegović, and the keynote address was made by Lisa Doughten, Chief of the Secretariat for the UN Central Emergency Response Fund. Ms Doughten highlighted the global reach of the emergency funding provided under this United Nations initiative, which has deployed over US$5bn since its inception in 2006, including in many Muslim-majority countries.”