Speaker Biography...
Joseph A Di Vanna
Maris Strategies Limited
Described by The Economist as a "polymath", and by his clients as “brilliant and fresh”, Joe DiVanna is the Managing Director of Maris Strategies Limited, an innovation think-tank providing research and advisory services to the financial services industry, global businesses and governments. Joe specializes in management and strategy, more specifically in banking and finance, with a special focus on ethical banking and Islamic Banking. Joe is the author of the annual Top 500 Islamic Banks supplement to the November issue of The Banker Magazine and of numerous books on banking, including A New Financial Dawn: the Rise of Islamic Finance, Understanding Islamic Banking, How to run a bank, and The Future of Retail banking.