Areas of Speciality & Interests:

• Islamic Finance: Banking, Economics, Marketing, Capital Markets, Law, Product Structure
• Civilization, History, Global Economics, Global Capital Market, Stock Market
• Project Finance, Financial Engineering

Editorial Board Memberships:

• SSRN (Social Science Research Network)
• Signifikan Journal Ilmu Ekonomi
• Journal of Emerging Economies & Islamic Research (JEEIR)
• Journal of the Faculty of Education, International University of Malaysia
• EJIF (European Journal of Islamic Finance)
• Journal of Business Strategy, Finance, and Management

Key Publications:

• Islamic Insurance (2004), Routledge Publications
• Encyclopaedia of Islamic Finance (2009), Euromoney PLC
• Corporate Governance in Islamic Banks (2014), John Wiley & Sons
• A Tender Power (2015), non-fiction novel on Islamic Finance
• Islamic Wealth Management (2009), Euromoney Publications
• Islamic Transactions & Finance (2013), CLJ Publications

Professional Memberships:

• ICF (International Coach Federation)
• Islamic Finance Consultancy Association
• Academy UK (Trustee)
• Islamic Finance Forum, Harvard University
• The Press Association

Training Courses Delivered:

• Islamic Finance, Risk Management, Internal & External Auditing
• Corporate Governance, Project Management, Compliance (Basil II, III)
• Trade Finance, Sukuk, Takaful (Islamic Insurance)
• Leadership, Strategic Planning, Public Speaking
• Anti-Money Laundering, Financial Crimes Detection
• Shariah Compliant Products, Islamic Banks vs Conventional Banks

Recent Papers:

• Global Financial Crisis and its Effect on Islamic Finance (SSRN)
• The Need for a New Breed of Scholars (Business Islamic)
• How Islamic Finance Can Close the Credibility Gap (The Bankers FT)
• Tolerating Challenges in Risk Management (Islamic Banking & Finance)
• Islamic Venture Capital and Private Equity, Sukuk Restructuring