Prof. Humayon Dar is Chief Executive Officer of BMB Islamic UK Ltd, a global Shari'a advisory and structuring firm that offers advice on Islamic financial product development. Professor Dar is a well-known Shari'a technician who has played a pioneering role in developing a number of innovative Islamic financial products. As a champion of cooperation between Islamic and conventional finance, he is widely interviewed and quoted by Western and Islamic media. His most recent involvement is in setting up the World Zakat Fund - an initiative for poverty eradication in the member countries of the Organization of Islamic Conference.