(Ph.D. Candidate, CERGAM, Aix-Marseille University, Provence, France) Originally from Algeria, Youcef Maouchi is a PhD candidate and teaching fellow at Aix-Marseille Université in France. He received a BA in Applied Economics and a Research MA in the Economics of Institutions & Law from Université Paul Cézanne, Aix-en-Provence, France.

(Former President/CEO, MNRB Retakaful Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Ismail is the former President/CEO of MNRB Retakaful Berhad - the first Malaysian Retakaful operator. He started his career in insurance in 1977 as an account executive, and then worked with insurance/reinsurance/retakaful companies serving at various senior management positions till his retirement in 2012. Ismail had his international market exposure in the early eighties when he led a team in developing and administering a medical insurance program for Malaysian sponsored students studying in the USA.

(Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Kozikhode, Kerala, India) Sudershan Kuntluru is presently working as an Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Kerala, India. Prior to this, he was a Postdoctoral fellow at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He also worked as a faculty at NMIMS University, Mumbai and Department of Commerce, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. His areas of teaching and research are in finance and accounting domain.

(Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan) Golib Kholjigitov’s expertise in leadership, project finance, and competitiveness policy has been built during more than a 10 year career in key roles in government and quasi-government entities in emerging economies, including several top positions in competition policy boards, research institution and investment companies. He has developed and implemented international projects with wide impact to countries’ economic development, in remittances and Islamic finance.

(Vice Chancellor, Telangana University, Nizamabad, A.P, India) Professor Khan is currently the Vice-Chancellor, Telangana University, Nizamabad (A.P), India. He is in the field of teaching & research profession for the past 32 years. He has 28 years of teaching & research work in Osmania University, Hyderabad. Previous to this assignment, he was the Professor & Head, Department of Commerce, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

(Chief Executive Officer, Bank Al Bilad, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Khalid Sulaiman Al Jasser is the Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Executive Committee of Bank Al Bilad. He is also the Chairman of the Executive Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of Al Bilad Investment Company (ABIC). He joined Bank Al Bilad in May 2009, and has a deep understanding, thorough knowledge and experience of the financial sectors and service industry.

(Doctoral Candidate, Brunel Universit Law School, London, United Kingdom)

(Assistant Professor, Dauphine University, Paris, France) KAOUTHER JOUABER is an associate professor in Paris-Dauphine University and researcher attached to DRM-Finance research center. She holds a PhD in Finance with honors from Paris-Dauphine University in 2000. She holds the Turgot price in 2012 (Honorable Mention). She is, currently, the director of the master “Principles and practices of Islamic finance” at the Paris-Dauphine University.

(Professor and Chair, Center for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur, India)

(Sr. Joint Director, Islamic Banking, State Bank of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan) Mian Farooq Haq PhD from London School of Economics and Political Science is working as a Senior Joint Director, heading Market Analysis and Research Division of Islamic Banking Department- Central bank of Pakistan. His areas of interest include Islamic finance and various banking practices, development policies, cultural context at national and organizational level, social construction of technology etc.