Dr Rusni Hassan is a Professor and Dean at the IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (IIiBF). She graduated with LLB (Honours) and LLB (Shariah) (First Class), Master of Comparative Laws (MCL) and Ph.D. in Law. Her areas of specialization include Islamic Banking, Finance and Islamic Documentation, Islamic Capital Markets, Takaful and Islamic Law of Transactions.

Dr Rusni was Coordinator for Research and Publications and Course Coordinator for Islamic Law of Transactions and Islamic Banking and Takaful. She was in the Research Committee for Review of Islamic Banking Laws, Central Bank of Malaysia and an examiner for Financial Planner Association of Malaysia. Presently, she is the examiner for Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), United Kingdom. She was a member of Shariah Advisory Council Bank Negara Malaysia and a Shariah Advisor for Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM). She was a member of the Shariah Committee for HSBC Amanah Malaysia, HSBC Amanah (Takaful) Malaysia, and a registered Shariah Advisor with the Securities Commission. Internationally, she is a Shariah Committee member for Housing Development Corporation and Housing Development Finance Corporation Maldives. In this she has advised numerous Islamic Financial Institutions locally and internationally on Shariah compliance aspects on product development and structuring, legal documentations and Shariah audit. She was involved in the establishment of two main associations in Islamic Finance that are Association of Shariah Advisors in Islamic Finance Malaysia (ASAS) and International Council for Islamic Finance Educators (ICIFE) for which she was in the Pro-tem committee and at present the Secretary for both associations. Dr Rusni is also involved in consultancy work with several private institutions such as Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad, Public Bank Berhad, Maybank Islamic Berhad and International Shariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance, Permodalan Nasional Selangor. She has presented papers at many international conferences and seminars locally and abroad and has been invited as an expert and guest speaker in seminars, workshops, conferences and trainings on various Islamic Finance issues. Her publications include books on Islamic Banking and Takaful, Islamic Banking under Malaysian Law, Corporate Governance of Islamic Financial Institutions, Shariah Governance for Islamic Finance Institutions in Kuwait, Malaysia and Indonesia. She has written relevant chapters in books on Islamic Finance and articles in journals, Shariah Law Reports and other publications. She is the winner of several Best Paper Awards from various academic conferences. In 2010, a paper that she co-authored won the Best Paper Award at the 3rd Kuala Lumpur Islamic Finance Forum (KLIFF) Essay Competition on Islamic Finance. Her contributions have been given recognition by the IIUM when she was awarded the Promising Researcher Award in IIUM Quality Day in 2012. Her overall contribution to Islamic Finance is also recognized internationally when she was recognized among the Top 10 Women in Islamic Finance 2013 by the CPI International and in 2014 she received an award as the Most Talented Women Professional in Islamic Banking, Asia Islamic Banking Excellence Awards, by CMO Asia.