Syed Aun R. Rizvi is Assistant Professor at Suleman Dawood School of Business at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan. He is also a Research Affiliate of Centre for Islamic Business and Finance Research (CIBFR) at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. He brings to academia his fund management industry experience and a diverse teaching and research background spanning over three countries. His research focuses on capital markets in Islamic and emerging economies.
Obiyathulla I. Bacha is Professor of Finance at the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance, Malaysia, and President of the Malaysian Finance Association. He has published extensively in academic journals and has written two textbooks: Islamic Capital Markets (with Abbas Mirakhor) and Financial Derivatives.
Abbas Mirakhor is First Holder of the INCEIF Chair in Islamic Finance at the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance, Malaysia. He was the Executive Director and Dean of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund from 1984 to 2006.