Rifaat Ahmed Abdel-Karim

Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions, Manama, Bahrain. Rifaat Ahmed Abdel-Karim is currently the Secretary General of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), a post he has held since 1995. He obtained a B.Sc. from Khartoum University, Sudan, an M.Sc. from Birmingham University, UK, and a Ph.D. from Bath University, UK, all in accounting and finance. He is the joint founding editor of the newly launched journal Research in Islamic Business, Finance and Accounting. He co-authored Business and Accounting Ethics in Islam, published in 1991.