(Director, Initiative for Responsible Investment and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts) David Wood is the director of the Initiative for Responsible Investment (IRI) at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations.

(Professor, University of Strasbourg Business School, France) Laurent Weill is Full Professor of Economics at University of Strasbourg. He is the Program Director of the Masters Degree in Islamic Finance at University of Strasbourg. In 2008, this became the first such available degree program and diploma in Islamic finance established in a Continental European university. He has organized conferences in Islamic finance in Strasbourg, including a workshop in March 2010 gathering together prominent scholars in Islamic finance.

(Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Visiting Associate Professor of Islamic Legal Studies, Harvard Law School) Stilt is an Associate Professor at Northwestern Law School with a joint appointment in Northwestern University’s Department of History. She received her JD from The University of Texas School of Law and her Ph.D. in Islamic History from Harvard University in 2004. Her research focuses on socio-legal history and legal change in the

(Doctoral Candidate, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom) Daniel Soloiman is a PhD scholar at Durham University currently in the final stages of his research titled “Islamic and conventional banks in Middle Eastern gulf countries: an empirical study exploring perceptions of customer and service providers.” His research interests also include the growing prospects of Islamic banking sectors in new market entrants such as Malta and Oman. The risks and potential for the growth of Islamic banking sectors comprise the main area of his research interests.

(Vice President, Wellington Management Company, Boston, Massachusetts) Shah is a financial industry practitioner involved in information technology and financial investment management with 18 years of industry experience. He is currently the Assistant Vice President of the Wellington Management Company in Boston, Massachusetts. Shah recently completed a quantitative finance MBA degree from Stern Business School of New York University. His areas of interest are community development via innovation in financial and technology fields and in Islamic Financial Management.

(Founder and Executive Director, Akhuwat, Lahore, Pakistan) Mohammad Amjad Saqib is a well-known social worker, volunteer, and development professional. In 2001, he founded Akhuwat an interest-free microfinance scheme in Pakistan which operates from mosques and churches and has opened new vistas in the domain of social mobilization and poverty alleviation. This is the largest individual-based lending scheme in Pakistan and is considered a unique and innovative model in microfinance. He is Akhuwat’s Executive Director and has been its main driving force since its inception in year 2001.

(Analyst, Vee Em Infocentre Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India) Syed Mizanur Rahman completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 2010 and has, in a short span of time, gained experience in the consulting and financial industry with exposure to energy, infrastructure, retail, and banking. He has also worked with Shariq Nisar on a study concerning

(President, 570 Asset Management, Paris, France) Anass Patel is the founding manager of 570 Asset Management, a company specialized in the structuring of financial solutions shari‘a-compliant. Anass was previously the Director of Investment & Strategy of DTZ Asset Management, where he was in charge of business development through innovative vehicles and strategic relationships with top-tier fund managers.

(Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Nigeria) Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede obtained his B.A. in Arabic Language with First Class Honors in 1981 from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. In 1991, he obtained his Doctorate degree in Islamic Studies from the same University. In 1982 he began to work at University of Ilorin as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Religions and become a Professor of Islamic Studies in 1995.

(Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, London, United Kingdom) Craig Nethercott is a partner at the international law firm Latham & Watkins LLP. Craig is the co-chair of the Firm’s Global Islamic Finance Group. He specializes in project finance and Islamic finance with a primary focus on the Middle East, and in particular Saudi Arabia.