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Adviser at the Royal Court with the rank of Minister, a judge in the Court in Makkah Al-Mukarramah (formerly) and a member of the Council of Senior Scholars (Saudi Arabia) and Chairman of the Sharia Supervisory Board for a number of Islamic banks.

Member of the Shari’a Supervisory Board at Central Bank of Bahrain, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, UAE, Sharjah Islamic Bank, UAE, Alsalam Bank, Kingdom of Bahrain, GFH Financial Group, Kingdom of Bahrain, ABC Islamic Bank, Kingdom of Bahrain, ABC Islamic Bank, London and others. Member of Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI).

Holds a number of awards, First Degree Award of Capability for Islamic services within and outside Bahrain 2007, from the King of Bahrain, Euro Money Award for innovation in Islamic banking supervision, Malaysia 2007, Malaysia Award for contribution to Islamic banking. He has participated and been a speaker in a number of jurisprudence, educational, economic, intellectual, social and cultural conferences and seminars.

Dr. Hadi is the Assistant Professor at the College of Business Administration in the Department of Islamic Finance at University of Bahrain. He holds a PhD in Ibn Hazm’s Methodology of Jahala from Edinburgh University and a PhD in Al-Bukhari’s Methodology from the University of Mohammed V in Morocco. Dr. Hadi is also a member of the Sharia supervisory boards of a number of leading Islamic banks.

Dr. Alqassar was a Professor at the College of Fiqh and Department of Sharia and Islamic Studies at the University of Kuwait, Dr. Al Qassar holds a PhD in law and Sharia’a from Al-Azhar University in Cairo. He is also a member of the Fatwa and Sharia supervisory boards of a number of institutions in Kuwait.