Dr. Elgari is the director of the Centre for Research in Islamic Economics at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia, where he also serves as an Associate Professor of Islamic Economics. Dr. Elgari advises numerous Islamic financial institutions worldwide and is the author of important research on the Shariah aspects of Islamic banking. Dr. Elgari is an expert at the Islamic Fiqh Academy and a member of the Academic Committee at the Islamic Development Bank. Dr. Elgari is also a professor of Islamic Banking at the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance and the editor of Review of Islamic Economics. Dr. Elgari received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California.