(Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Hussain is currently Global CEO of HSBC Amanah and Deputy Chairman & CEO of HSBC Malaysia based in Kuala Lumpur. He is a Group General Manager. He joined HSBC in London in 1982 and spent the first eleven years of his career as a merchant banker. In 1993 he successfully established a wholesale banking platform for HSBC in the Middle East. In 2005 he returned to London as Global Head of Principal Investments and Private Equity. He was appointed as Global Head of HSBC Amanah in 2008 and moved to Malaysia in December 2009.

(Masters Candidate, Fletcher School, Tufts University; Medford, MA) Herbert is a Masters candidate at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. His research focuses on issues of economic development, technology, and security. Prior to attending The Fletcher School, Herbert worked as a threats analyst, dealing with transnational armed groups, drug trafficking, and human trafficking issues. He also worked as a special assistant for Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, handling political and legislative affairs.

(Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Harris is the Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies and chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. Prior to that, Harris was director of Harvard’s Center for Jewish Studies and a senior advisor to the former college Dean. Harris holds a B.A. from Columbia University, a masters degree from Columbia and the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from Columbia.

(Professor, Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia) Harahap is a professor of Accounting at the Faculty of Economics at Trisakti University, the Director of Islamic Economics and Finance Postgraduate Program, and Chairman of Islamic Economics and Finance (IEF) Research Center, Trisakti University. He is Editor in Chief of The Indonesian Management and Accounting Research (IMAR), Ekonomi Syariah, Media Riset Akuntansi, Auditing and Informasi, Media Riset Business and Management, and Media Ekonomi.

(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

(Director-General, Islamic Research & Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) Bradjonegoro was named the Director-General of the Islamic Research & Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah in 2002. His previous position was the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Indonesia. He received his bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Indonesia with specialization in economic planning and his masters and PhD in the field of Regional Science from the University of Illinois.

(Executive Director, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, New York, NY) Berry is the Executive Director of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a coalition of 300 faith-based institutional investors. Prior to joining ICCR, Berry served The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven for five years, serving as Vice President for Development and as its Senior Vice President for Philanthropic Services, responsible for a $15 million grant-making portfolio from The Foundation’s nearly $300 million endowment.

(General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York) Baxter earned his B.A. from the University of Rochester and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He is currently the general counsel and executive vice president of the legal group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He also serves as deputy general counsel of the Federal Open Market Committee. He supervises the day-to-day operation of the New York Fed’s legal group, which includes the protection function, and he also serves on the bank’s Management Committee.

(Shari‘a Advisor, BMB Islamic, London, UK) Ahmad is a U.K. based Shari‘a scholar specializing in Islamic Commercial Law. He currently serves as the in-house Shari‘a advisor for BMB Islamic, advising clients on the structuring and post launch of Shari‘a compliant financial products. He also lectures MBA students of Banking and Finance at the British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce (B.I.T.E).

(Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Ager teaches courses in social entrepreneurship, leadership, organizational behavior, social theory, and qualitative methods at Harvard University, where he also serves as the co-director of undergraduate studies in the Sociology Department. He is a faculty member in Harvard Business School's Executive Education program, Families in Business: From Generation to Generation and in the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Executive Education program, Leadership for a Networked World.