Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud Al-Thani, governor of Qatar Central Bank (QCB), recently received an honorary doctorate
from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) during his official visit
to Kazakhstan.
The governor was in the country for
the Islamic Finance Forum of the Commonwealth of Independent States upon the invitation of Kairat Kelimbetov, governor of the Astana
International Financial Centre.
As part of his official visit, he also met
with Mutanov Galimkair Mutanovich, president of KazNU, and
heard two presentations on Islamic finance in Qatar.
The Islamic Finance Forum covers topics pertaining to Islamic finance as a development force in independent states. It
includes discussions on recent developments in legal and regulatory frameworks, the challenges facing the Islamic finance industry and how the states can increase capital flows in
accordance with Islamic law.
