Dr. Mohammad Mahbubi Ali is Head of Economics (IAIS) Malaysia. He also serves as a Shariah advisor for Affin Islamic Bank Malaysia. Previously, he was a researcher at the International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA). During his stint at ISRA, he had contributed to numerous ISRA’s research publications, mainly involving in the drafting of BNM Shari’ah Standards. He is also a Shariah advisor for several advisory and Dar al-Muraja’ah Al-Shar’iyyah Bahrain. In the academic world, he used to teach postgraduate students at INCEIF. The Global University of Islamic Finance, Tazkia Institute, Airlangga University and Gajah Mada University.

He received a PhD in Islamic Banking and Finance from the Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance (IIiBF), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He holds a bachelor degree in Shari’ah Business and Financial Management from Tazkia Institute and Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) from INCEIF, The Global University in Islamic Finance, Malaysia. He is also a member of the Association of Shariah Advisors in Islmic Finance (ASAS).

He has published numerous articles in international and local refereed academic journals, written several book chapters and presented many papers in various international conferences. His paper entitled: “A Framework of Income Purification for Islamic Financial Institutions,” was conferred the best paper presentation in Sharia Economics Conference, University of Hannover, Germany, 2013.