MANSOOR DURRANI is Senior Corporate Banker, Structured Finance, for the National Commercial Bank, Saudi Arabia, the largest bank in the region. He has previously worked in leading Indian, multinational and multilateral institutions including Lazard and ESSAR Group in India and Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia. His functions covered Investment Banking, Private Equity and Corporate Finance. Recipient of 'New Voice in Islamic Finance Award' for 2002, he holds an MBA in Finance and a PhD in Private Equity. GRAHAME BOOCOCK worked for a major UK Clearing Bank as corporate banker, before moving into education. He has worked at Loughborough University Business School, UK since 1987 where he is currently Senior Lecturer in Banking and Finance. He lectures on a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and post-experience programmes. His research interests focus on risk capital and entrepreneurship.