Omar A. Ali

Omar Abdi Ali is a Somali entrepreneur, accountant, financial consultant, philanthropist, and a leading specialist on Islamic finance. From 1986 to 1999, he was CEO of Dar al-Maal al-Islami Trust, a Middle Eastern financial and banking group, which under his management increased its assets from US$1.6 billion to US$4.0 billion. Omar is currently the chairman and founder of the multinational real estate corporation Integrated Property Investments Limited and its sister company Quadron Investments.