Syed Nazim Ali is the Director, Research Division and Director of Center for Islamic Economics and Finance at the College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). Prior to joining HBKU, he was the Executive Director (Acting) of the Islamic Legal Studies Program (2010-2013) at Harvard Law School and has been the Founding Director of the Islamic Finance Project at Harvard University since its establishment in 1995.

Umar A. Oseni is currently Chief Executive Officer, International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM), a multilateral organization. He earlier served as Acting Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director, and General Counsel of the IILM. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Islamic Legal Studies Program of the Harvard Law School in the United States and has published widely in issues of Islamic finance law and regulation.