Leading Advocacy group, Housing Development Advocacy Network is set to host the Chief Executive Officer of Pakistan Credit Guarantee, Dr. Muhammad Saleem in a webinar discussion that will focus on sharing experience of Pakistan success story in many areas of housing finance.
According to HDAN president, Festus Adebayo, the webinar discussion will focus on issues relating to mortgage guarantee, mortgage refinancing and sukuk/Islamic funding for affordable housing.
Adebayo stated that the objective of the programme is to share experiences on how Pakistan is able to have a success story on the above areas and how Nigeria can benefit from their success story.
According to him, those expected to key into the discussion are CEOs of housing finance related organizations, officers from the central bank of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, all CEOs of mortgage banks, CEOs of real estate developments among others.
The webinar is billed to hold on Monday, 17th August, 2020 by 11am Nigerian Time.
The CEO, Saleem is also a development finance expert, trained regulator and economist. He extensively worked in various departments at State Bank of Pakistan (Central Bank), Karachi. Previously, he also worked as a Chief Operating Officer of Pakistan Mortgage Refinance Company (PMRC) and converted PMRC from an idea into a reality. He was also visiting professor at Center for Business Management (CBM) Karachi.
He also worked as Director, Development Finance Support Department and Quality Assurance department, State Bank of Pakistan. Previously his posting includes as a Chief Manager and Senior Joint Director, Infrastructure and Housing Finance Department with State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi.
He has extensive experience of Housing Finance, Builder Finance public and private sector development, Capital market development, credit enhancement mechanism, including refinance, risk sharing and creating regulatory framework for private sector development and banking regulation.
Dr. Saleem also has expertise in measuring power and banking sector performance, power sector regulation and infrastructure related fields.
Dr. Saleem holds master of Economics (MSC) degree, Master of Philosophy in Economics (M.Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from Australian National University Canberra, Australia. He also did certificate on Housing Finance from Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. He also completed a certificate on Micro Finance Policy and Regulation at Boulder Institute, International Training Center, ILO, Turin, Italy.
Housing Development Advocacy Network is the largest non-profit, non-governmental organization promoting affordable housing in Africa.
To register for the webinar, visit https://bit.ly/3gND0AA
