Sabbir Patel
Senior Vice-President, Emerging Markets
ICMIF
Sabbir joined ICMIF in 1996 and qualified as a chartered certified account (FCCA) in 2001. In 2002 he completed his Masters degree at the Institute of Development and Policy Management (IDPM) and holds a CII Diploma. He is responsible for the ICMIF Development function (www.microinsurance.coop) and works closely with new/emerging member organizations providing technical assistance, capital support, advocacy and regular publications and events. More recently he has overseen the development of the ICMIF Microinsurance Simulation which is now being run in workshops across various countries.
In addition Sabbir is spearheading the Federations support to the Takaful (Islamic Insurance) sector since 2001, setting up the ICMIF Takaful website www.takaful.coop, Takaful and Mutuality Journal, annual Seminar and building close collaboration with GTG and IFTI to further the mutual values in Takaful and microtakaful. As a result ICMIF now has nineteen Takaful and ReTakaful operators as member organizations.