Islamic Capital Markets and Products

About the Editors

Professor Simon Archer is a Visiting Professor at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in London and then moved to Price Waterhouse in Paris, where he became Partner in charge of Management Consultancy Services. Since the beginning of his academic career, Professor Archer has undertaken numerous consultancy assignments, including acting as consultant to the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) and the International Islamic Liquidity Corporation (IILM). He is the author or co-author of a considerable number of academic papers on Islamic finance and a co-editor of and contributor to several books on the subject, including three published by Wiley. In 2010, he received an award from the Central Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait Finance House for his ‘outstanding contribution to the Islamic financial services industry’.

Professor Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim has an international reputation as a leader and authority in the Islamic financial services industry (IFSI) at both the professional and academic levels.

Professor Rifaat was the CEO of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation during the period October 2012–December 2016. He has served as the inaugural Secretary-General at both the AAOIFI and the IFSB. Professor Rifaat is an Adjunct Research Professor at INCEIF, Malaysia, ...