(Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Shahab Ahmed joined Harvard University in Fall 2005 as Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies with a joint appointment between the Committee on the Study of Religion, and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.

(Managing Partner, Infinity Consultants, Chennai, India) Saif Ahmed is the Managing Partner at Infinity Consultants and Zamzam Capital LLP based out of India. He is a career Islamic banker and corporate finance professional with experience in investment banking, financial advisory, private equity, Islamic banking & finance across USA, UK, India and the Middle East.

(Secretary-General, Islamic Financial Services Board, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Jaseem Ahmed assumed The Position of the Secretary-General of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) On 1st May 2011. He is an international public servant with more than 25 years of experience in public governance, financial sector and social security reforms. Prior to his appointment to the IFSB, . Ahmed served as the director, financial sector, public management and trade, Southeast Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

(Assistant Professor, Salman bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia) Abdul Samad M was born in Hyderabad, India, in 1970. He received B.A. (Public Administration), MBA (Finance) and Ph.D. (Management) degrees from Osmania University, Hyderabad in 1995, 1997 and 2012 respectively. .In 2003 he joined GOTEVOT, as Research Coordinator in International Cooperation at Ministry of Labor University in KSA, during which he worked with educational experts from US, Australia, Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia in curriculum development.

(Principal and Co-Founder, Straightway Ethical Advisory LLC, New York, New York) Taha Abdul-Basser is the