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Jun 2010: Rabi Al-Thani/ Rajab 1431: Issue 32
 

 
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Rafi-uddin A. Shikoh, Managing Partner/ Founder

Rafi-uddin has 12+ years of marketing strategy, e-business strategy consulting and technology management experience with small to Fortune 500 sized companies in the US such as Marsh & McLennan, Hartford, Sun Microsystems, and Thomson Reuters.

As the Founder of DinarStandard™, Rafi-uddin has led the research, analysis and writing of the DS100™ ranking of Top 100 Businesses in the Muslim World, the Top 10 Opportunity Trends, OIC (Organization of Islamic Conference) Stock market analysis and many other OIC specific research, articles, and interviews. As an emerging expert on OIC markets, he is regularly quoted in media such as The Economist, Forbes, BrandChannel, Arab News (Saudi Arabia), Khaleej Times, Sabah (Turkey), The Star (Malaysia), Geo TV (Pakistan) and many more.

He has an MBA from UNC-Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, and a BSc. in Marketing from Southwest State University, Minnesota, USA. He was born in Pakistan and spent 14 years of his early schooling in the Sultanate of Oman.

Consultant / Experts Network:

Research/ consulting services are supported by a network of 25 independent research analysts, business writers, consultants (based in Malaysia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, India, US, UK.)  In addition, an Experts network of 80+ professionals from 20+ countries and Industries serve as a sounding board for industry and regional analysis.

Advisory Panel

Publication contributors:
Zainab Mansoor
Sherin Deghedy
Mujtaba Syed
Mubasshir Ahmed
Maria Zain
Yakup Kocaman

Webmaster:
Salman Sheikh

Co-Founder:As of Sep 2009, Mr. Sajjad Chowdhry is no longer associated with DinarStandard. As co-founder, and Director of Operations, Mr. Chowdhry played an invaluable role in shaping DinarStandard.  

 

The Company is incorporated in NJ, USA as Strategy Insights, Inc and doing business as DinarStandard. Contact us by emailing us at info[at]dinarstandard.com

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