Khorshid, Aly

(Chief Executive Officer, Elite Horizon, London, UK) Khorshid is a recognized scholar in Islamic finance and expert on Shari‘a compliant finance, within the Islamic law and contracts. He is CEO of Islamic finance with Elite Horizon economic consultancy, where his role includes structuring, endorsing and advising on Shari‘a compliant products with particular experience in capital and stock market products; consulting the central bank on regulating and establishing Islamic banking systems; and conducting comprehensive due-diligences for potential investment opportunities. He was a Shari‘a board member in 1997 with bank Al-Baraka, the first Islamic bank in the UK, and is now serving as Shari‘a board member in several Islamic institutions. Khorshid has a PhD in Islamic studies/economics and a Masters degree in management from the University of Leeds (UK) and studied Fiqh and Shari‘a at Al-Azhar University (Egypt). His publications include Islamic Insurance: A modern Approach to Islamic Banking, and The Encyclopaedia of Islamic finance. He has also published many articles on Islamic finance. Khorshid is a trustee member of Academy UK, member of the institute of management consultancy (UK), and visiting lecturer in Al-Azhar University (Egypt) and ‘SOAS’ University of London on Islamic finance. He is a regular speaker on Islamic finance issues at conferences worldwide and on television.