Management

Talat M. Othman
Chairman & Independent Trustee

Talat Othman is the Trust's independent chairman, having joined the board in 2001. Mr. Othman is the CEO of Grove Financial, Inc. (Chicago), an international investment management firm focused on the Middle East. He has a distinguished career as a board member and leader of various international banking and business organizations, charitable, government and educational institutions, and Islamic groups.

Iqbal Unus, PhD
Independent Trustee

Iqbal Unus has served since Amana's inception. Currently Director of the Fairfax Institute (Washington DC area), Dr. Unus has a long management career in Islamic education and service institutions. He is the former Dean of Students/Registrar at the School of Islamic and Social Sciences (Leesburg, VA).

Abdul Wahab
Independent Trustee

Abdul Wahab is owner of the Wasatch Company (Los Angeles), an international manufacturer and distributor of institutional textile products. Mr. Wahab has served in leadership roles with the Islamic Society of North America and the Islamic Society of Orange County.

Abid Malik
Independent Trustee

Abid Malik is the CEO of an e-commerce software development company (Kansas City). A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Malik previously founded a circuit board manufacturer where he served as CFO and board member. Mr. Malik also serves as a board member for a non-profit research organization that studies market trends and ethics.

Miles K. Davis, PhD
Independent Trustee

Miles Davis is an associate professor of management and director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship at Shenandoah University (Winchester, VA). Dr. Davis is active in the microfinance movement, and lectures regularly in the U.S., Africa, and Europe.

Herbert G. Grubel, PhD
Independent Trustee

Herbert Grubel is a senior fellow of The Fraser Institute and professor emeritus of Economics at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, BC). Dr. Grubel has held appointments and positions with universities, governments and institutes worldwide. He was a member of Canada's Parliament from 1993 to 1997. Dr. Grubel has published many books and professional articles in economics dealing with international trade and finance and a wide range of economic policy issues.

Salim Manzar
Independent Trustee

Salim Manzar is currently CEO of Princeton Advisory Group, LLC (New York City area), an insurance-industry consulting firm. Mr. Manzar has over 30 years experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategy, controls, and financial leadership as an actuary and senior financial officer with MetLife and its international subsidiaries.

M. Yaqub Mirza, PhD
Independent Trustee

Yaqub Mirza suggested the concept of an Islamic equity mutual fund in 1984. He is the CEO of Sterling Management Group, Inc. (Herndon, VA), a venture capital, securities management and real estate investment firm. Dr. Mirza has served on the boards of public and private corporations, and has been actively involved with agriculture and technology businesses in several countries. He serves as a leader of numerous charities, and lectures on both entrepreneurialism and philanthropy.

Nicholas F. Kaiser
Interested Trustee

Nicholas Kaiser is president of the Trust and the portfolio manager of the Amana Income, Amana Growth, and Amana Developing World Funds. He is chairman of Saturna Capital Corporation, Amana's investment adviser and administrator. For over 30 years, Mr. Kaiser and his firms have provided investment management, administration, accounting, servicing, marketing, and other services to mutual funds.