Dr Ziyaad Mahomed is an Islamic finance scholar from South Africa, providing Islamic finance and Shariah advisory since 1998. He served as Associate Dean and Director of E-Learning & Executive Education at INCEIF for 3 years. He is currently Assistant Professor, Lead Researcher (Shariah) at the Centre of Excellence in Islamic Social Finance at INCEIF, and Head of Online Programs. He specializes in Shariah (Islamic jurisprudence), Islamic Social and Sustainable Finance, Fintech and Islamic Capital Markets. Dr Ziyaad has provided training and advisory on almost all aspects of Islamic finance in more than 20 countries, to more than 12,000 Finance Professionals and Islamic Scholars, and was awarded a lifetime achievement honor in recognition of his contribution to Islamic finance in Africa. He also serves as advisor/consultant on fintech, Islamic social finance and Sukuk to government organisations in the United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, and Nigeria amongst others. Dr Ziyaad serves as Chairman of the Shariah committees of HSBC Amanah (Malaysia), Taj Bank (Nigeria), Ayady Takaful (Maldives), iConsult Africa (South Africa), FBN Quest Asset Managers (Nigeria) and Iman Ltd (Uzbekistan) among others. He also serves as Shariah Board Member of the Bank of Maldives Islamic and other Islamic financial service institutions internationally. He has served as the External Shariah Auditor for some of the largest Islamic financial institutions in the Middle East, Africa, and South-East Asia since 2006.