Mr Askari is the founder and CEO of Wali Venture Technologies, a company that is making Islamic insurance and financing easily accessible for the Muslim world. Mr. Askari has previously been the global head of business development for Revolut in London and before that Head of Business for Uber in Pakistan. His career spans twenty years in investment banking, hedge fund asset management, real estate and energy. He has been a visiting lecturer in IBA and earned his MSC. From the London School of Economics and undergraduate degree from Brown University.