Dr Natalie Schoon, CFA

Natalie’s career spans a number of years in international finance in audit, wholesale banknote operations, Risk Management and Treasury, both in conventional and Islamic finance in a variety of locations across Europe and the Middle East. She is an accredited trainer for the Islamic Finance Qualification (as well as a contributing author), and is a visiting fellow at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School at the University of Reading.

Natalie holds a PhD in financial analysis (thesis subject: Residual Income Models and the Valuation of Conventional and Islamic Banks). In addition, Natalie was awarded the CFA charter in 2001, and is actively involved with the CFA Institute. She is a regular contributor to Islamic Finance News, and other publications in the field. She has contributed articles to a variety of publications such as GARP Risk Review, The International Investor, Qatar Today and the Swiss Derivatives Review. She has authored three books: Islamic Banking and Finance, Valuing Banks in Uncertain Times and Islamic Asset Management (published in January 2011), and contributed chapters to several others such as the Malaysian SEC series on Islamic Finance (“The Impact of Basel II on Sukuk”), Published 2010, and “Islamic Banking, a Guide for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises”, a publication which was commissioned by the International Trade Centre.