(President and Chief Executive Officer, INCEIF, The Global University of Islamic Finance, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Daud has been in the finance and consulting industry for more than 38 years, with significant experience in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Since 2002, he has focused exclusively on Islamic finance and has contributed to a number of books on the subject, including a book he co-authored entitled Islamic Finance: Why it Makes Sense. He is also a frequent speaker and commentator on matters relating to Islamic finance.

(Advisor, Mission Chief for Algeria, expert lead on Islamic Finance: Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C, U.S.A.) Zeine Zeidane is a national of Mauritania. He is currently an Advisor in the Middle East and Central Asia Department (MCD) at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He is leading the MCD work on Algeria, as well as on Islamic Finance. Before joining the IMF in March 2012, he held several positions in Mauritania notably Prime Minister, Governor of the Central Bank, and Economic Advisor to the President.

(Adjunct Professor, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts) Warde is adjunct professor of international business at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and a consultant specializing in international finance. A 2007 Carnegie Scholar, he has previously taught at the University of California, Berkeley and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) Sloan School of Management. He holds an M.B.A. from France's Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.

(S.J.D. Candidate, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia) Tanvir is a part-time Doctorate of Juridical Studies (SJD) candidate at the University of Sydney where he is researching about Islamic law and development with a focus on Islamic microfinance in Bangladesh and Indonesia. He also works as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co. Previously, Tanvir has worked with the Asian Development Bank as a consultant on secured transactions in the Pacific and at

(Postdoctoral Fellow, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany) Sarah A. Tobin, Ph.D., is a Carnegie Visiting Scholar and the Assistant Director of the Boston Consortium for Arab regional studies at Northeastern University. She is an anthropologist with expertise in

(Manager, HSBC Amanah Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Hussam Sultan is a Manager at HSBC Amanah Malaysia with responsibility for Shar’a-compliance and sustainable and responsible banking. He has a decade of experience in Islamic financial services, with particular interests in Shari’a authenticity, microfinance and environmental sustainability. In prior roles, he held positions at HSBC Amanah, Fajr Capital and Bank

(Deputy Director, Islamic Banking, State Bank of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan) An economist by training Bushra Shafiq holds a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Presently, she works in the Islamic Banking Department-Central Bank of Pakistan. Her areas of research include Islamic finance, Socio-Economic policy with particular focus on Poverty and development finance.

(Professor, Economics, Imam University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Currently, economics professor, College of Economics & Administrative studies, Imam University, KSA, Riyadh; member of SABIC Chair for Financial Market Studies, and member of the International Islamic Organization for Economics and Finance, Islamic League, KSA.

(Research Associate, Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan) Lyubov Sartakov is a graduate of the Eurasian National University in Astana with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in sociology, and taught there 2009-11 as a lecturer in the faculty of Journalism and political science. She graduated in 2013 from Central European University in Budapest with a Master of Arts degree in Political Science, and is currently a research associate with Professor Charman at KBTU.

(Financial Sector Specialist, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.) Ahmed Rostom is Financial Sector Specialist at The World Bank in East Asia and Pacific: Finance and Private Sector Development Department (EASFP). His duties include supporting EASFP team on conducting analysis, post implementation monitoring and evaluation for financial sector projects. He also helps the team on devising programs relating to developing regulatory frameworks and reforming financial systems in the region.