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Chapter 3: Financing Method

Islamic Finance Dominic Selwood

By Dr Dominic Selwood
General Counsel
Global Commodity Finance Ltd

Dr Dominic Selwood, FRHistS, LLB (Hons), DEA, DPhil, is General Counsel of Global Commodity Finance Ltd.  He began his career as a Common Law barrister in chambers for five years at 2 King's Walk in the Inner Temple, London, before moving to Allen & Overy LLP.  In 2002, he started a globally successful Islamic Finance business-line at Deutsche Bank AG, before becoming General Counsel of the BMB Group of companies. Since 2008, he has been General Counsel of Dubai-based Global Commodity Finance Ltd, a diversified Islamic commodity business and subsidiary of DIFC Investments.  He has published numerous articles and a book on medieval Christian/Islamic relations. He holds a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in law, French, and history from the universities of Oxford, Wales, Poitiers, and the Sorbonne.