Asst. Prof. Dr. Ziyaad Mahomed is an Associate Dean/Director for INCEIF's Executive Education & E-Learning. He is also the Chairman of the Shariah Board of HSBC Amanah Malaysia and serves on a number of Shariah boards internationally. He is a multi-award-winning Scholar with almost 20 years of global experience as an executive, consultant and Islamic Scholar in Islamic finance and capital markets. Dr Ziyaad has consulted/trained more than 7,000 Finance Professionals and Islamic Scholars in most disciplines within the Islamic Finance sector in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. He intends to focus on Islamic social finance, Shariah issues & innovation, fintech and Sukuk, amongst other research areas.