Delorenzo, Shaykh Yusuf

(Chief Shari‘a Officer, Shariah Capital, New Canaan, CT) DeLorenzo, Chief Shari‘a Officer at Shariah Capital, is a scholar of Islamic Transactional Law. He is the author of the three volume Compendium of Legal Opinions on the Operations of Islamic Banks, the first English-Arabic reference on the fatwas issued by Shari‘a boards. In addition, DeLorenzo wrote the introduction to Islamic Bonds, the 2003 book that introduced Sukuk and transformed the world's Islamic capital markets. His work has appeared in academic and industry journals and as chapters in books, including Euromoney's Islamic Asset Management (2004), Islamic Retail Finance (2005), and Islamic Finance: Innovation & Growth (2002). His entries on the terminology of Islamic finance appear in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. He was a special consultant to the Asian Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank on their joint project for the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB). He is a member of the Council of Scholars, ISRA, Central Bank of Malaysia and was a founding member of the Governing Council of the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) in Malaysia. DeLorenzo is also a member of the Shari‘a Board of the Accounting and Auditing Organization of Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). DeLorenzo served as Advisor on Islamic Education to the President of Pakistan from 1981-1984.