Luma Saqqaf, Ajyal Sustainability Consulting

Luma Saqqaf is CEO of Ajyal Sustainability Consulting, which works with organisations to help them achieve a sustainable future. She also counsels regulators and financial markets participants in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on sustainable finance issues and regulations. Saffaq has 20+ years’ in legal practice, including practising at the two ‘magic circle’ law firms, Allen & Overy and Linklaters, where she was a finance partner and global head of the Islamic Finance Group. She led teams across Europe, Middle East and Asia on ground-breaking transactions in Sharia’a compliant sukuk (bonds), loans, securitisation and structured finance, derivatives and funds.