Dr. Umar A. Oseni
Dr. Umar A. Oseni is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM), a multilateral financial institution headquartered in Kuala Lumpur. Prior to this, he was an Executive Director and Acting Chief Executive Officer of the same multilateral financial organization.
At some point in his career, Umar was an Associate Professor of Law and Regulation of Islamic Finance at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Umar was also a visiting fellow at the Islamic Legal Studies Program of the Harvard Law School, Harvard University. Apart from being a Harvard-certified negotiator and dispute resolution expert, Umar has consulted for numerous bodies in the areas of law and regulation of Islamic finance. With a good blend of both significant academic and industry wide experience in Islamic finance, Umar has completed strategic consultancy works for some United Nations agencies, COMCEC of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group and other government and government-linked agencies. Umar is a member of both the Nigerian Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association.
With over 100 publications, Umar has published widely in refereed journals and books on Islamic finance law, fintech regulation and comparative law. Umar co-authored the widely-acclaimed first textbook in Islamic Finance titled: Introduction to Islamic Banking and Finance: Principles and Practice (United Kingdom: Pearson Education Limited, 2013). He is also a co-author of IFSA 2013: Commentaries on Islamic Banking and Finance, and Alternative Dispute Resolution in Islam (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2013). He co-edited Islamic Finance and Development (Cambridge, Massachusetts: ILSP, Harvard Law School, 2014) and Emerging Issues in Islamic Finance Law and Practice in Malaysia, (United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing, 2019. He is also the lead editor of Fintech in Islamic Finance: Theory and Practice (UK: Taylor and Francis, Routledge, 2019), a pioneering authoritative book on the dynamics of financial technology in Islamic finance. His latest co-edited book published by Routledge is on Waqf Development and Innovation: Socio-Economic and Legal Perspectives (2022). As a leading expert in Islamic legal studies, Umar has just completed a co-authored book on Islamic Contract Law which will be published by the Oxford University Press in 2023.
Umar received his LLB (Hons) in Common and Islamic Law from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria; Master of Comparative Laws (with Distinction), and PhD from IIUM. He also holds a Professional Master of Law degree in Financial Law from the York University, Ontario, Canada.