More than 17-year experience in the field of economic research.
I have worked for SAMA and the General secretary of the Supreme Economic Council.
I represent the CMA in many committees, of which the Islamic Finance committee and the task force of the National saving committee.
Interesting in Governance issues and policy development
Dr. Ali Sartawi holds a Ph.D. in Legislation and Fiqh (Jurisprudence) from the University of Jordan. Upon his graduation, in 1997, he joined the Faculty of Law at An-Najah. Since then, he has assured a number of academic and administrative positions inside and outside the university. He served as the dean of the Faculty of Law and the dean of Faculty of Shariah. He also has held a number of advisory positions in several local institutions. He attended and participated in several conferences about Islamic finance.
He has served as Minister of Justice in the Palestinian Government and he was a member in consulting committee for the Palestinian president. He is the head of the Department of Jurisprudence and Legislation. Moreover, he is the Chairman of the Supervisory at Takaful Insurance Company, Islamic Palestinian Bank and Palestinian Ijarah Company, where he is member of the Bank's Governance Committee too.
Affiliations:
Al Najah National University
Assistant professor of civil comparative law
Palestine Islamic Bank
Chairman of Shariah supervisory board
Member of Governance committee
Palestine ljara company
Chairman of Shariah supervisory board
Al-Takaful insurance
Chairman of Shariah supervisory board
Palestinian Government
Minister of Justice
2007 to 2008
Education
Jordanian University
Jurisprudence and legislation
PHD
1992 to 1997
Jordanian University
Jurisprudence and legislation
MA
1988 to 1991
Jordanian University
Jurisprudence and legislation
PA
1985 to 1988
Dr. Zahid is currently working for Central Bank of Oman in Muscat where he advises on Islamic finance policy, regulations and governance framework, including interactions with international institutions.
He is an accomplished Islamic finance expert, with a career spanning over 22 years in financial sector regulation and supervision, standard setting and advisory. In his previous assignment as Acting as well as Assistant Secretary General (Technical and Research) of the Islamic Financial Services Board, he spearheaded the rolling out of global regulatory reforms for Islamic banking, takaful, Islamic capital market and financial inclusion sectors, where he supervised over 15 IFSB standards and Technical Notes, 10 working papers and five annual flagship IFSI Stability Reports. He also steered the formal launch of global Islamic finance database project, called PSIFIs, covering regulatory macro-level data from over 24 jurisdictions.
Dr. Zahid has contributed as the member of working groups and committees of the global bodies, including Basel Committee’s Consultative Group (BCG), IMF, IFSB, IAIS, AAOIFI, IASB and others. Similarly, he has planned and successfully executed joint initiatives for awareness, capacity building and publications with numerous multilateral organizations, financial sector regulators and supervisors.
He is a Certified Training Professional from FAA and has conducted trainings in over 15 countries, including for the IMF and World Bank staff, and been a panelist in more than 20 international conferences across the world. His research has been published in several accredited journals and other industry publications.
He is a PhD in Islamic finance from International Islamic University, Malaysia and holds Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) from INCEIF, Malaysia. He holds master’s degrees in Business Administration, Computer Science as well as Statistics. He has attended over 30 trainings in leadership, management and financial sector policy, including those organised by MIT Sloan Executive Education, ICLIF Leadership and Governance Centre, Financial Stability Institute and others.