Researcher. Professor of Econometrics, University of Nottingham. PhD Economics, University of Nottingham Thesis: “The Evaluation of Economic Forecasts”. MA Economics, University of Nottingham. BA Economics and Econometrics, University of Nottingham. Deputy Head, School of Economics, 2016–till date, Director of Teaching, School of Economics, 2016–till date, Exams Officer, School of Economics, 2010–2016. His research interests are in the area of time series econometrics, in particular tests for unit roots and structural change, forecast evaluation and applied time series analysis in general.

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Loughborough University; Leicester, United Kingdom Dadang Muljawan is both an economist and a doctoral student at Loughborough University, with research interests in Islamic economics, financial regulation, econometrics, and financial performance analysis at the macro and micro levels. He has been working for the Central Bank of Indonesia since 1996. Muljawan has a B.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics from Bandung Institute of Technology in Bandung, Indonesia, and an MBA in Finance from PPM Graduate School of Management in Jakarta.

Managing Director, Dar Al Istithmar; London, United Kingdom Humayon Dar is currently serving as Managing Director of Dar Al Istithmar (DI), a London-based global Shari’a advisory firm. Prior to joining DI, he was at Loughborough University where he founded and directed an MSc course in Islamic economics, banking and finance. At DI, he heads its global Shari’a advisory team, a job that requires extensive research for financial engineering for Islamic banks.

Daniels is an advisor to political and financial leaders throughout the world. He counsels private and state government pension funds and fund managers in the United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and other countries within the European Union on issues related to corporate fraud in the United States securities markets and “best practices” in the corporate governance of publicly traded companies. Patrick Daniels is a founding and managing partner in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s San Diego office.

Advisor at Al-Tayeb Ahmed Sidqi Al- Dajani, Lebanon. Founder at Atlas International W.L.L, UAE. Board Member at Taiba Kuwaiti Holding CO. Economist at he multinational Islamic Development Bank. Visiting Scholar, Comparative Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, 1997. Researched andLectured on Islamic Banking and Finance.

Terence Daintith is the former director of the University of London's Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, where he now holds a professorial fellowship. He is a visiting professor at the University of Western Australia and at the University of Melbourne Law School, and is co-editor of United Kingdom Oil and Gas Law.

MBA Candidate, Columbia University; New York, New York Tarik Dahir is a second-year student at Columbia Business School in New York, where he is currently pursuing an MBA with a concentration in finance. Dahir serves as President of the Islamic Finance and Economic Forum (IFEF), a student-run association that aims to increase awareness of Islamic finance and economics among the Columbia student body. Dahir’s professional background includes employment as an analyst at Remington Capital Partners, a venture capital firm in Charlotte, NC.