Sheikh Dr. Abdul Sattar Abu Ghuddah

Chairman of “DAR ALMASHORA” and Chairman of the Shari’ah Control Committee:

·Bachelor in Shari'ah, Damascus, 1964, Bachelor of Law, Damascus, 1965, Master in Shari'ah, Al-Azhar, 1966, Master in Al-Hadith Sciences, Al-Azhar, 1967, Doctorate in Comparative Jurisprudence, Al-Azhar, 1975.

·President and General Secretary of the Unified Shari'ah Board of Al-Baraka Banking Group, an expert and a former reporter of the Jurisprudence Encyclopedia at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic affairs, and a visiting professor at Saleh Kamel's Center for Islamic Economic studies, Al-Azhar University.

·A member of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy in Jeddah, a member of the Zakat International  Shari'ah Board, a member of the Accounting Standards Council and the Shari'ah Council of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for  Islamic financial institutions. (AAOIFI)

·Vice-President of the Shari'ah Board of Dubai Financial Market (DFM), an executive member of the Shari'ah Board of the Central Bank of Syria, a member of the Shari'ah Committee of the Central Bank of Bahrain, vice-president of the Shari'ah Board of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, a member of the Shari'ah Board of the Shari’ah Islamic Bank, Chairman of the Shari'ah Board of Abu Dhabi National Takaful Co., member of the Shari'ah Board of Takaful Re Limited in (DIFC), President of Al Hilal Bank Shari'ah Board , President or member of other Shari'ah Boards.

·An author and examiner of several scientific books, and a trainer and instructor for training portfolios of several courses specialized in Islamic banking