(Head - Shari'ah Assurance Dept., Bank Alkhair, Manama, Bahrain) Muhammad Al-Bashir, PhD. is the Group Head of Shari’ah Compliance of Bank Alkhair. Prior to joining Bank Alkhair in 2005, Al-Bashir was the Head of Product Development and Shari’ah Compliance at the International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM).

Dean, School of Banking and Finance, Northern University of Malaysia; Sintok, Malaysia Sudin Haron is currently Dean of the School of Banking and Finance at the Northern University of Malaysia. He has served as Dean of the School of Management and Director of the Entrepreneurial Development Institute. He previously worked with a local bank in Malaysia.