Stella Cox has been MD of DDCAP group, a leading provider of intermediary services to the Islamic wholesale markets, since 1998. In 2008, Stella was recognised with the award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Islamic Finance in the UK’ at the IREF Summit. Previously, Stella was a Director of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Limited with responsibility for Middle Eastern institutional relationships and Islamic product development from the mid 1980s. She was involved in structuring The Islamic Fund, the first Sharia’a compliant global equity product and the Al Meezan Commodity Fund plc that invested in non-ferrous metals traded on the London Metal Exchange. Stella served as a member of the Islamic Financial Services Board Money Market Task Force on Markets and Instruments for Sharia’a Compliant Liquidity Management and represents DDCAP on the Market and Product Development Committee (MPDC) of the International Islamic Financial Market. On 13th March 2013, the UK Government launched the first Islamic Finance Task Force. The Ministerial led Task Force has been established to refocus on Islamic Finance and the UK proposition. In addition to the 4 Ministers, Stella is one of a small group of non-Ministerial industry experts within the Task Force
Islamic financial practice has evolved from the financial and economic principles of Sharia'a Law revealed within the Holy Qu'ran. During the past four decades the global Islamic financial system has emerged, underpinned by its values of equity, fairness and justice, …
