Dr. Monzer Kahf has more than thirty years experience in Islamic finance, banking and economics. He is one of the pioneers of structuring Islamic financial products, currently a Consultant, Trainer, Lecturer. Prof. Kahf is continuously active in writing, with more than 27 books and more than 60 articles published in professional journals. He has a PhD. in Economics from the University of Utah (1975), a BA in Business and training in Islamic Law (Shari’ah). He is the Laureate of IDB Prize in Islamic Economics, 2000. https://monzer.kahf.com/
Taha bin Hasan Abdul-Basser is an independent scholar of Islamic ethics and law who has acted as a Shari`a compliance reviewer, examiner and consultant to investment funds, investment banks, retail banks, financial advisories, legal advisors and other for-profit and not-for-profit entities since 1998. He has benefited from several teachers (shuyūkh), including Shaykh Musa Madūrī of al-Azhar (Tanzania); the qaḍī and muftī, Shaykh Muḥammad al-Umrani (Sana`a), Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Ghunaym (Sana`a) and Shaykh Nizam Ya`qubī, from whom he has several licenses (ijāzāt).
https://www.straightwayethical.com/
Adi Setia is the founding director of IGE Advisory, which is dedicated to consulting, teaching and researching in the Islamic Gift Economy framework. He is also the co-founder of the Program for Ethical, Appropriate & Regenerative Livelihoods (PEARL).
https://ige-pearl.webnode.co.uk/
https://jis.cis-ca.org/adi-setia.html
There are other advisors and consultants, God-fearing and knowledgeable - Allah reward them all.
Iana Financial’s operations team is volunteer-run and based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The team includes a number of people as well as Laura Fayad, Mariem Elkadry, and Sharafe Elladen.
Iana recognizes and thanks the generous support of many people over the years in helping this program, notably: Yasmeen Elladen who volunteered for years, Tarick Fadel (co-founder), Mohammed Rauf, Rabia Sheikh, Rema Darwiche, Abdallah Fares, Mohammed Assaf, Murtada Shah, Farooq Maseehuddin, Faraz Ahmed, S.Tamir, S.Maher (Allah send him relief), and the initial donors who helped get things moving.
