2009 London Sukuk Summit

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Market Players
		Back to Full Speakers Listing David Testa (Confirmed) Chief Executive Officer, Gatehouse Bank David Testa is currently CEO of Gatehouse Bank plc. Gatehouse received its licence to operate as a Shariah-compliant investment bank based in the City of London from the Financial Services Authority in April 2008. Gatehouse will focus on Islamic capital markets, institutional wealth management and Shariah advisory services. Gatehouse is a subsidiary of The Securities House, one of the leading investment companies in Kuwait. Prior to joining Gatehouse, David led the Islamic finance team at WestLB and most recently closed the £225m Shariah-compliant UK leveraged buy-out of Aston Martin from Ford, as well as the benchmark US$1.1bn syndicated financing for Arcapita Bank (Bahrain) and the US$600m Sukuk al Ijara issue for Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company (Saudi Arabia). Prior to joining WestLB David was a solicitor in London and Tokyo with Slaughter and May and Ashurst Morris Crisp. David holds an MA in Modern History from Oxford University.