(Head of Banking and Finance) Mr Freeeman has more than 25 years experience specializing in banking, finance, investments and capital markets; former central banker and financial regulator; in the GCCand the UK . He is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales. Ashley developed a niche reputation for Islamic finance (working on some of the very first Shari’ah-compliant transactions in the UK) and relocated to the Arab Gulf region in 2001.