Dar, Humayon

Managing Director, Dar Al Istithmar; London, United Kingdom Humayon Dar is currently serving as Managing Director of Dar Al Istithmar (DI), a London-based global Shari’a advisory firm. Prior to joining DI, he was at Loughborough University where he founded and directed an MSc course in Islamic economics, banking and finance. At DI, he heads its global Shari’a advisory team, a job that requires extensive research for financial engineering for Islamic banks. Professor Dar has published on Islamic banking and finance in professional and academic journals, and organizes international conferences, seminars and workshops on Islamic economics and finance on both sides of the Atlantic. He has advised numerous organizations, governments and central banks on policy matters related to Islamic banking and finance. His research interest has recently shifted to innovation in Islamic finance and Fiqh for the benefit of the Islamic finance industry. He is also a director of Charity Bank Limited, the first of its kind of bank in the Western Hemisphere, set up solely for financing voluntary sector organization in the UK and elsewhere. As Chairman of Board of Trustees of The Sudanese International Academy, he is raising funds for a 400-bed hospital in Khartoum. He is also involved in a number of other social and academic initiatives, and is frequently interviewed by print and electronic media.