Researcher, Bank Indonesia; Jakarta, Indonesia Nasirwan Ilyas has been a researcher at the Islamic Banking Research and Development Team under the Directorate of Banking Research and Regulation at Bank Indonesia (the central bank of Indonesia) since 1998. As a member of the Islamic Banking Team, he helps formulate policy and regulations on Islamic banking. Previously he was an officer in the Regional Economic Analysis and Statistics Section as well as the Small Scale Enterprise Development Project at Bank Indonesia. Ilyas has a B.Sc.