King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Usamah A. Uthman is currently an Associate Professor of Economics at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. His research interests include macroeconomics, monetary economics, international economics, and Islamic economics. He has published papers in the refereed journals Review of Social Economy and Review of Islamic Economics.

American Finance House-LARIBA, Pasadena, California. Abdullah Tug is General Manager of American Finance House-LARIBA. Prior to this, he worked at Smith Barney as a Senior Portfolio Manager. He has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey.

Platinum Asset Management Inc., Houston, Texas. Arif Kamal Siddiqui is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Platinum Asset Management, Inc., a financial services company based in Houston, Texas. He is a professional banker with over 28 years of experience in both commercial and investment banking. He specializes in the capital markets of Hong Kong, China, and Japan.

King & Spalding, New York, New York. Isam Salah is a partner at King & Spalding in New York. He is a member of the Middle East and Latin America Practice Group and the Co-chairman of the Islamic Finance and Investment Practice Group at King & Spalding. His practice areas include international and domestic finance and commercial and investment matters. He received his law degree from Cleveland State University in 1976 and an advanced law degree from Georgetown University in 1978.

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Mahmud Rahman is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the College of Business, Eastern Michigan University. His research interests include international banking, emerging/transitional markets, and Islamic finance. Rahman has written on several subjects, including Project Financing in Islamic countries (co-authored with Abdul Aziz of Humboldt State University). He has an M.S. from the University of Texas, Dallas, and a Ph.D. from University of Texas, Arlington.

Associated Management Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, California. Marghoob Quraishi is President and CEO of Associated Management Systems, Inc., a Palo Alto concern he has headed since 1967. He received his MBA from Stanford University and completed his doctoral coursework from the same university. His work focuses on interdisciplinary management consulting on business problems worldwide.