KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. Sami Al-Suwailem, Acting Director General of the Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI))
Bio: Al Suwailem is currently Acting Director General of the Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) and Chief Economist, the Islamic Development Bank Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Before joining IRTI in 2004, Dr. Al Suwailem managed the Research and Development Center at Al-Rajhi Bank, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Professor Habib Ahmed, Sharjah Chair in Islamic Law and Finance at Durham University, UK
Bio: Before joining Durham University as the Sharjah Chair, Habib was Manager, Research and Development, Islamic Banking Development Group, The National Commercial Bank (NCB), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He also worked at the Islamic Research & Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank Group, Saudi Arabia and taught at the University of Connecticut, USA, the National University of Singapore, and the University of Bahrain.
Professor Alija Avdukic, Professor in Political Economy and Islamic Finance at University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Bio: Professor Avdukic teaches and supervises research on Islamic Political Economy; Islamic Moral Economy; Islamic Banking, Finance and Management; Political Economy of Development in the Muslim world and Islamic studies-related subjects. He is the Deputy Director of the MSc Islamic Finance at the University of Dundee, visiting professor for master’s programme in Islamic banking and finance for the joint programme School of Economics, University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) with University of Bolton (UK). He is also a senior research fellow at Ibn Rush Centre for Excellence (UK). Finally, he is a visiting research fellow of Durham Centre in Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance (UK).
Professor Khaled Hussainey, Professor in Accounting at Bangor University, United Kingdom
Bio: Khaled Hussainey was appointed Professor of Accounting at Bangor Business School in April 2024. He previously held positions at Portsmouth, Plymouth, Stirling, Manchester, and Ain Shams universities, amassing over 25 years of teaching experience. His research focuses on corporate narrative reporting and has earned him recognition in the “World Ranking of Top 2% Researchers” database by Stanford University. He has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Accounting and Business Research and British Accounting Review, and has contributed to several books. Hussainey has received research grants from institutions such as the ESRC and Qatar National Research Foundation. He serves as Co-Editor of the Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting and is an Associate Editor for multiple journals, including the International Journal of Finance and Economics.