Ozlem Caglar-Yilmaz is the member of the Board and the general coordinator of the Association for Liberal Thinking, established in 1992, in Ankara, Turkey. She has started working as an intern and built a career ever since at this pro-freedom think tank that grew up as an educational organization and initiated an intellectual movement. She develops and conducts collaborative projects, organizes training seminars, and national/ international conferences. She has appeared on national channels and speaks on Turkey’s politics, lectures on civil society, market economy; and liberal democracy; on institutional development; delivers guidance on how to effectively disseminate ideas and to pursue interest on ideas of liberty. She edits books and articles at quarterly Liberal Thought. She hosts online You Tube programs on a variety of topics including liberal academic studies and on public policy issues. Ozlem is the managing editor of the online blog in Turkish and the Board Chair of Liberte Publications. She is also a founding board member and currently Chairperson of the Board of Islam and Liberty Network. Ozlem studied political science and public administration at Hacettepe University, Ankara. Ozlem is enthusiast with minds and efforts pleasing individual dignity, civil cooperations, as well as market enterprises promoting diversity, responsibility, peaceful existence, and prosperity.
Ali Salman is a founding member and CEO of Islam & Liberty Network. He has published a well-received book Islam and Economics: Markets, Morals & Justice (Acton, 2021). Ali is based in Islamabad, where he heads Policy Research Institute of Market Economy (PRIME), an independent economic think tank in Pakistan that he founded in 2013. During 2017-2020, he served as CEO of Malaysia’s prominent independent think tank, IDEAS. Ali has remained actively engaged with the government as an economist and public policy expert especially in the areas of public finance, regional trade, competition policy, and youth policy. He holds master’s degrees in Economics, Public Policy and Business Administration. He writes op-eds on the economy for Express Tribune, a partner publication of New York Times.
Muddassar Ahmed is founding president of the Concordia Forum, a global network of cross-sector muslim leaders. He also co-founded Unitas communications, a strategic communications consultancy. More recently he founded ImamConnect, the world’s first online platform and marketplace for Muslim services. Muddassar is a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund where he advises on international security, diplomacy, and inclusive leadership programmes. He sits on several boards including John Adams Society, the official UK Association for the U.S. Department of State’s IVLP alumni, of which he is the Founder and President; Global Ties U.S; International Islamic University Malaysia; European Network of American Alumni Associations; CASE Art Fund; Institute of Rural Management Pakistan; East End Citizens Advice Bureau; Bradford Literature Festival; and The Forum for Discussion of Israel and Palestine. He is also notably Chairman of one of the largest independent food banks in the UK, the Bow Food Bank.
Ms. Anggia Erma Rini is a member of Indonesian parliament from the East Java VI and vice Chair of Commission VI of Parliament of Indonesia. She is the Chairperson of Central Board Fatayat- NU which is an organization of young female Muslims, a wing of the biggest Islamic organization in Indonesia, Nahdlatul Ulama. She is also a member of the World Bank Interfaith Framework Steering Committee. Ms. Anggia is an alumnus of the International Visitor Leaders Program (IVLP) USA. She holds a diploma from English Education Department, master’s degree in public health from the Universitas Indonesia and is a PhD candidate in Public Administration from the Universitas Padjajaran.
Noor Amin bin Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Kangar from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the People’s Justice Party, a component party of the Pakatan Harapan coalition. He has served the State Chairman of PH of Perlis since May 2021.
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