Dr Humayon Dar is amongst the foremost Sharia technicians in the world today, renowned for pioneering numerous industry setting innovative techniques in Islamic banking and finance, his name is synonymous with many of the most sophisticated Islamic products currently on offer.  Well networked with leading royal and industrialist Muslim families, he is one of the globe’s key liaison  figures in bringing leading Western financial institutions exposure to the world’s most distinguished Sharia scholars. Known as a champion for integrating Islamic banking and finance in the mainstream financial markets, he continues to play the role of a catalyst in bridging the gap between Islamic and conventional finance.

Dr Dar belongs to the first generation of qualified Islamic economists, with formal training in conventional and Islamic economics, as well as classical Islamic jurisprudence at the International Islamic University Islamabad, where he was personally tutored by the world’s leading Islamic economists, jurists and thinkers. His higher studies include an MPhil and PhD (both in Economics) from Cambridge University where he conducted research on Islamic finance. His post-doctoral research has exclusively been on Islamic economics, banking and finance.

As a technical member of BMB Islamic’s Sharia Supervisory Board, he also participates in Sharia coordination in addition to his various roles as CEO of BMB Islamic. Before founding BMB Islamic, he developed Dar Al Istithmar (a majority-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank) into an Euromoney award winning team of acclaimed Islamic financial innovators. Prior to that, Dr Dar was involved in setting up a first of its type MSc course in Islamic Economics, Banking & Finance at Loughborough University. Lately, he has helped Cass Business School (City University London) in offering an Executive MBA in Islamic Finance. He also holds an Honorary Fellowship in Islamic Finance at the School of Government & International Affairs, University of Durham UK.

Deeply committed to the industry, Dr Dar’s other appointments are numerous. Amongst others, he currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce, and also serves as an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School. He sits on the Sharia Supervisory Committees of Hong Leong Islamic Bank Malaysia and Allianz Global Investors Germany. 

He is also associated with Institute of Islamic Banking & Insurance and is a member of the editorial board of its flagship publication New Horizon. A prolific author, he sits on the editorial boards of Review of Islamic Economics and International Journal of Islamic Financial Services.

Dr Humayon Dar is currently working on a few books and is a regular contributor to books, journals and magazines on topics related with Islamic banking & finance.

Islamic finance trainings

Dr Humayon Dar is also involved in training of banking & finance professionals and delivers Islamic finance related trainings world-wide. Currently, he is associated with Securities & Investment Investment Institute London, Institute of Islamic Banking & Insurance London, 7-city Training London, Cass Business School, City University London, and University of Durham.

Some of the pictures taken during a Three Day Residential Workshop on Structuring Innovative Islamic Financial Products (Cambridge; August 10-12, 2007) are housed here (please click on the link).