(Senior Consultant, Dar Al Istithmar, London, UK) Farook is the Senior Consultant for Structuring and Legal at Dar Al Istithmar. Prior to this, Farooq was the Research and Development Manager at the Center for Islamic Finance at the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF). Farooq earned his Doctorate (Islamic Finance), Bachelors of Laws (LLB), Business (B.Bus) with First Class Honours from the University of Technology, Sydney and is a Certified Islamic Professional Accountant (CIPA).