Biography

Prof. Dr. Elgari is a Professor of Islamic Economics and the former Director of the Centre for Research in Islamic Economics at King Abdul Aziz University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Elgari is the recipient of the Islamic Development Bank Prize in Islamic Banking and Finance and holds the KLIFF Islamic Finance Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Islamic Finance. He is a member of the editorial boards of several academic publications in the field of Islamic finance and jurisprudence, including the Journal of the Jurisprudence Academy (of the IWL), Journal of Islamic Economic Studies (IDB), Journal of Islamic Economics (IAIE, London), and the advisory board of the Harvard Series in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, USA. Dr. Elgari is also an advisor to numerous Islamic financial institutions throughout the world and is notably on the Sharia board of the Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index as well as a member of the Islamic Fiqh Academy and the Islamic Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). In addition, Dr. Elgari is Chairman and member of a number of Sharia Supervisory Committees of prominent local, regional and international Islamic financial institutions. Dr. Elgari holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California, United States of America.

Current Board Positions

Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC

2024–presentVice Chairman, Internal Sharia Supervisory Committee

All Current Positions