New UAE director for First Global

Founder and Managing Director of First Global Investments Holdings Ltd, Muhammad Ikram Thowfeek welcomed Sheikh Jumah Khamis Shahwani of Qatar as a strategic founding investor and to be absorbed as a Board Member of the First Global Investments Holdings Limited.

First Global Investments (FGI) is the newest player in the Islamic Banking and Finance Industry in Sri Lanka. First Global Investments is a boutique investment banking institution, providing Islamic financial services with a vision to bring global opportunities and best practices to the local market.

"This is a significant event when considering the dire need for foreign investments to our motherland, and what better way to pave the way for such investments ithan through an Islamic Banking proposition" said Thowfeek. "This further cements First Global's commitment to become the leading regional Islamic Investment and banking solutions provider to the Islamic banking and finance industry."

Sheikh Jumah Khamis, a graduate in aircraft engineering is currently the owner and chairman of Bin Arbaid Group of companies dealing in trading, contracting, transportation and equipment, security services, industrial services, real estate and car service center.

First Global Investments (FGI) announced several achievements since the opening in June, with the company's financial advisory services hitting off in a big way.