Dr. Abdulsalam Muhammad Adeeb AlKilani, holds a PhD in Transactional Jurisprudence from Scandinavia University in Norway, a Master’s in Transactional Jurisprudence from the American University of London, and a BA in Islamic Studies from the United Arab Emirates University.

Dr. Abdulsalam worked as a Sharia advisor at Emirates Islamic Centre of Shares, MAKASEB Islamic Finance and Dubai Bank. Also worked as the Head of the Sharia Department at Dubai Bank. Currently, Dr. Abdulsalam is Head of Internal Sharia Control Department at Emirates Islamic Bank, a member of the Unified Committee of Islamic Banks for Sharia Evaluation of Shares, a member of Fatwa and Sharia Control Authority of Makasib Islamic Financial Services (formerly), a member of the Coordination Committee between Fatwa Departments of Islamic Banks in UAE and a member of Sharia Committee at Arabian Scandinavian Insurance Company… etc.

Dr. Abdulsalam has excellent experience in consulting and Sharia governance field in addition to Sharia Auditing and training. He has been working in the field of managing the Sharia departments of Islamic banks in UAE for more than 14 years. He has a pivotal role in developing the Islamic banking products, reviewing annual plans for Sharia auditing, and directing Sharia audit departments to improve work efficiency and raise the level of Sharia quality through proper Sharia implementation. In addition to supervising the Sharia training materials, such as electronic and remote education training, which were specially prepared for bank employees, as well as providing Sharia training courses for various departments and job levels.

Dr. Abdulsalam has some research in topics of Islamic jurisprudence, finance and Islamic banking.