Dr Hussain Hamid Hassan - Chairman

Dr. Hussain Hamid Hassan received his PhD from the Faculty of Shari'a at Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt in 1965. He also holds two degrees in law from the International Institute of Comparative Law, University of New York and two degrees in Law and Economics from Cairo University. He served as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor of Shari'a in the Faculty of Law and Economics at Cairo University between 1960 and 2002.

Currently, Dr. Hassan chairs or is member of the Shari'a Supervisory Boards of more than 20 Islamic financial institutions across the world including Emirates Islamic Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, National Bank of Sharjah, Islamic Development Bank, Dubai Islamic Insurance and Re-Insurance (Aman), Tamweel, AMLAK, the Liquidity Management Centre and the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions. Dr. Hassan is the author of 21 books on Islamic law, finance, economics, social studies and art, in addition to more than 400 research articles on these subjects.