Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; New York William L. Rutledge is Executive Vice President in charge of the Bank Supervision Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a member of the Bank’s Management Committee. Rutledge was a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision from 1999 through 2004. The Bank Supervision Group is responsible for supervising and regulating all state member banks, financial holding companies and other bank holding companies, and foreign banks operating within the Second Federal Reserve District.

Partner, Dechert LLP; New York, New York Michael McMillen is a partner at Dechert LLP in the finance and real estate group. He has extensive experience in Islamic, project, and real estate finance, and is well-known for developing innovative Islamic Shari'a-compliant financing structures and products used in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. He also has extensive experience in project finance in the energy, petrochemical, mining, and infrastructure sectors, and advising international real estate and private equity investment funds.

Professor and Coordinator of the College of Islamic Studies’ Islamic Finance program & Acting Chief, Islamic Banking and Finance Division, Joining HBKU in August 2009, Dr. Tariqullah Khan also member of the College’s Executive Committee. Previously, he worked in the Islamic Development Bank, IRTI since 1984 in different academic and managerial positions, lastly as the Division Chief of Islamic Banking and Finance, officiating Division Chief Islamic Economics and Development Cooperation, Editor of the Islamic Economic Studies Journal.

Fullbright Fellow, Student, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Ali Adnan Ibrahim is pursuing doctoral legal studies in the US under the auspices of the Fulbright Program, and is currently working toward his LL.M. at the Washington University in Saint Louis. He received LL.B. (Honours) from the International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. His areas of special interests are corporate governance and securities markets in transition economies. He is published within and outside of Pakistan on various areas of Pakistan law.

Associate Director, HSBC Amanah Finance; Dubai, United Arab Emirates Rafe Haneef is an Associate Director currently based in HSBC Amanah Finance Dubai and in charge of originating Islamic cross-border transactions from Asia with key focus on Islamic debt securities. He joined HSBC Amanah Finance, London in 1999 as a core member of the Islamic cross-border financing team. Haneef graduated from the International Islamic University Malaysia in 1994 with a Bachelor of Laws degree in Common Law and Shari’a. He obtained an LL.M.

Head of Legal Division, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank ; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Abdurrahman Y. Habil is currently working as Head of Legal Division at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, UAE. Prior to that he was Legal Counsel and coordinator of Shari’a board at the ABC Islamic Bank in Bahrain. He had also held several other legal positions in several organization’s.

Legal Office, OPEC Fund for International Development, Austria, Vienna. Reza Djojosugito is currently a Legal Officer at the Prior to working at the OPEC Fund, he worked for the Legal Department of the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah, the British Broadcasting Corporations in London, the London School of Economics and Political Science in London and a law firm in Jakarta, Indonesia. Reza Djojosugito is also registered as a PhD Student at the Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science conducting research on Legal Aspect of Project Financing in Indonesia.

Chief Executive Officer, Public Sector Group, Citigroup; New York, NY Jay Collins is currently CEO of the Public Sector Group for Citigroup. He is responsible for managing the firm's relationships with sovereign governments, municipalities, and supranational clients around the world. The Public Sector team within Global Banking provides advice and financial solutions to Social Security systems, Central Banks, Privatization offices, Finance Ministries, Ministries of Health, Education, Defense and other government and quasi-government agencies.

Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School; Chicago, Illinois Robert R. Bianchi is an international lawyer and political scientist with a special interest in the Islamic world. Bianchi completed his doctorate and law degrees at the University of Chicago. He teaches international and Islamic law at the University of Chicago Law School. He has also taught in the political science departments of the American University in Cairo, The University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Chicago.

Shari’a Supervisor and Senior Imam, Finchley Mosque; London, United Kingdom Abdulkadir Barkatullah is currently the senior Imam at Finchley mosque and maintainer of Freefone Islamic Helpline,