From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Humayon Dar
Humayon Dar
Humayon Dar 2005, with Humayon Dar as one of the speakers for those
seminars.[5] In March 2006, Dar was named managing di-
Born Muhammad Humayon Abbas Dar rector of Dar Al Istithmar.[2]
1970
Gakkhar Mandi, Pakistan In 2007, the team from Dar Al Istithmar was absorbed
by the BMB Group, the Eastern-focused investment and
Residence London, England advisory group led by Rayo Withanage, the resulting
Occupation Economist company renamed BMB Islamic. Dar was appointed as its
CEO.[6][7] Euromoney awarded the company "Best Islamic
Website Advisory & Assurance" award, for both 2006 and 2007.[ci-
http://humayondar.com/ tation needed] In 2008, BMB Islamic was accepted as member
of the Bahrain-based association Accounting and Audit-
Dr Humayon Dar (born Muhammad Humayon Abbas Dar ing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions. [8]
in 1970) is an Islamic economist, transformational In addition to his role at BMB Islamic, he sits on a
thinker, author, Sharia advisor and Islamic banking ex- number of Sharia Advisory Boards, including those of
pert, focusing on how to create financial solutions that Allianz Global Investors (Luxembourg), Hong Leong Is-
conform with Sharia law. lamic Bank (Malaysia), Hong Leong Tokio Takaful Marine
(Malaysia) and Halal Industries Group (UK).[citation needed]
Dar’s book on "Sharia and Legal Aspects of Islamic Fi-
Biography nance" (co-edited with Umar Moghul) was published in
2009 by Chancellor Publications, London (UK). Dar is al-
Education and personal life so founding editor of Global Islamic Finance Report, an an-
Dar was born in Gakkhar Mandi on the Pakistani side of nual publication reporting on developments in the Islam-
the Punjab province. After he finished secondary school ic financial services industry worldwide.[9] In 2009, he
education at his home town, the young Dar was sent also founded Islamic Finance Access Programme (IFAP),
to Lahore, where he attended Government College La- which aims at providing affordable Islamic financial in-
hore (now renamed as University Government College telligence to the institutions and individuals seeking to
Lahore). He spent two years there before he was admitted learn more about the trillion dollar Islamic financial ser-
to International Islamic University Islamabad in 1986. vices industry. His new publication, Islamic Finance Re-
Dar holds a BSc (Hons) and MSc (both in Islamic Eco- view, is another of his industry building initiatives.
nomics) from the International Islamic University Islam-
abad (IIU), as well as an MPhil and PhD (both in Econom-
ics) from Cambridge University.[1] Dar currently lives in
References
London, where he is married with two sons and a daugh- [1] http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/1997-8/
ter. weekly/5745/23.html
[2] ^ "Humayon Dar appointed managing director of
Professional life Deutsche Bank subsidiary Dar Al Istithmar". AME
Dar co-founded (with Professor John Presley) an MSc Info. 2006-03-27. http://www.ameinfo.com/
program in Islamic economics, banking & finance at 81528.html.
Loughborough University.[2] He has also assisted the Cass [3] Riazat Butt (2008-03-12). "Sharia economist one of
Business School, of London’s City University, in creating a new breed". The Guardian (London).
and offering an Executive MBA in Islamic Finance.[3] He is http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/mar/
also a Visiting Professor of Islamic Finance at Universiti 12/islamicfinance.islam.
Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in Malaysia. [4] "Islamic advising firm appoints Dar director".
In 2005, he joined Dar Al Istithmar, a joint venture be- International Herald Tribune. 2006-03-28.
tween Deutsche Bank, the Oxford Center for Islamic Stud- http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/27/
ies and Russell Wood, which was created to provide ad- bloomberg/bxshake.php.
vice on offering financial products that comply with Is- [5] K.S. Ramkumar (2005-04-07). "Deutsche Bank Hosts
lamic law.[4] Deutsche Bank provided a series of seminars Seminars on Islamic Finance". Arab News.
regarding Islamic finance throughout the Middle East in http://www.arabnews.com/
?page=6§ion=0&article=61748&d=7&m=4&y=2005.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Humayon Dar
[6] "World’s Top Shariah Product Team Absorbed By • Personal Website
The BMB Group." (Press release). PR Newswire. • Interview with Dr Humayon Dar
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/ • RedMoney Group
summary_0286-31360761_ITM. Persondata
[7] "Islamic banking in need of guidelines". AME Info.
Name Dar, Humayon
2007-11-18. http://www.ameinfo.com/
138824.html. Alternative names
[8] "AAOIFI welcomes BMB Islamic as an associate Short description
member". AME Info. 2008-03-16. Date of birth 1970
http://www.ameinfo.com/150098.html.
Place of birth Gakkhar Mandi, Pakistan
[9] "GIFR 2011 - Editor’s Note".
http://www.globalislamicfinancereport.com/ Date of death
editors_note.htm. Place of death
External links
• BMB Islamic
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