Dr Hazik Mohamed is a multi-skilled professional with substantial business management experience and varied experience in strategic problem-solving, project management and operational leadership roles. His wide consulting services include financial inclusion, sustainable development, new technology for improved socio-economic innovation. He possesses an MSc in (Conventional) Finance and a Ph.D. in Islamic Finance focusing on Behavioral Economics, using Game Theory for policy and decision-making analysis. Professionally, he is working on business growth strategies for start-ups and engaged on various consulting projects.
Hazik is the published author of Belief and Rule Compliance (Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, published in 2018) on behavioural economics and Blockchain, Fintech and Islamic Finance (published by De Gruyter in 2019) as well as Beyond Fintech (World Scientific in 2020) on financial technologies and digital transformation. Hazik regularly contributes thought leadership articles to industry-specific magazines and reputable academic journals in order to bridge the gap between academia and industry.
Hassnian Ali is currently a PhD candidate at Hammad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar. He possesses an MA in Islamic Banking and Finance and works as the Assistant Director of Research at the Institute for Research in Islamic Economics (ICRIE) at Minhaj University in Lahore, Pakistan. He is one of the pioneer researchers and authors in the area of Islamic Fintech. He has presented numerous research papers on Fintech in the context of Islamic finance at international workshops and conferences. Hassnian is an upcoming scholar who will play a crucial role in Islamic Fintech in the years ahead.