Pr. Abderrahmane Senouci

Pr. Abderrahmane Senouci

Committee Chairman

Professor of Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic finance at the Faculty of Islamic Sciences, University of Algiers. Member of the Scientific Council of the Department of Islamic Sharia and Law at the Faculty of Islamic Sciences, University of Algiers. Professor of Islamic finance and Shariah control at the Institute of Research and Training in Islamic Finance (IRFFI) in Algiers. President of the Research Unit on Islamic Banking Financing Methods at the Shariah Laboratory, Faculty of Islamic Sciences, University of Algiers.

Head of the PhD program specializing in the Wakf management system, member of the national Shari'ah fatwa authority for the Islamic finance industry at the level of the high Islamic council, member of the board of directors of the international institute of Wakf in Malaysia, advisor for several universities and research institutions internationally. Founding member of the Shari'ah control committee of the BDL Bank. Holder of a PhD in Islamic jurisprudence from the Faculty of Sharia at the University of Jordan, and a diploma in audit and internal control in financial institutions from the International Academy of Evaluation in Russia, certified accountant from the Cambridge Academy (CTC Britain), and a diploma in IT management from the American Institute of Specialized Studies (AIPS US), a certificate in financial modeling and control and evaluation from the United States Institute of Peace, and a diploma in market and financial institutions from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, and a certificate in international commercial law from the European University RIGA in Latvia.

Pr. Abderrahmane Senouci

Pr. Mohamed Boujalal

Vice-Chairman

One of the pioneers of Islamic finance in Algeria. Professor of economics and president of the scientific council of the Faculty of Economic and Commercial Sciences and Management Sciences at the University of M'Sila. Director of the master's program at the Faculty of Economic and Commercial Sciences and Management Sciences at the University of M'Sila. Visiting professor of Islamic finance at the Universities of Strasbourg and Bordeaux (France). Director of Islamic economic and financial studies at the International Institute of Islamic Thought in France.

Member of the Higher Islamic Council, founding member of the National Shari'ah Fatwa Authority for the Islamic Finance Industry, member of the Shari'ah Supervisory Committee of BNP PARIBAS Algeria and CNEP Banque. Consultant expert to the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments of the Algerian Republic and the Islamic Development Bank. Expert in Waqf and Takaful insurance. He also has over 38 years of experience in teaching, having taught Islamic finance, Takaful insurance, Zakat and Waqf in undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs in Algeria and internationally. He has published numerous articles and books in the field of Islamic finance and banking as well as Waqf. Founding member of the Zakat Fund in Algeria and founder of the Monetary Waqf Fund in Niger. Fluent in three languages, he holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris II and a Master's degree from England, as well as certificates in Shari'ah sciences and translation and linguistic verification. He has received several scientific awards from universities in Algeria and abroad.  

Pr. Abderrahmane Senouci

Dr. BENLHAFSI Abderrahmane

Member of the Committee

Doctor of Money-Finance-Banking from the University of Paris II. Banking and financial expert with the National Sharia Fatwa Authority for the Islamic Finance Industry (HCI). He has held several senior positions at CPA, Deputy General Manager. Senior Manager in charge of Administration and Development. Advisor to the CEO in charge of Islamic Finance. Member of the Strategy Committee. Member of the CPA Capital Opening Project Monitoring Committee. Chairman of the Committee for the Legal and Accounting Regularization of Assets. Coordinator of External Technical Assistance. Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Implementation of the New Financial Accounting System.

He also held the following positions at Al Salam Bank-Algeria, Acting General Manager, Advisor to the Deputy General Manager, Advisor to the Director General, He also held the following positions at the Institute of Economic Sciences in Sétif, Director of the Postgraduate Program, Member of the Scientific Council, Head of the Department of Financial Science, He also held the following positions, Member of the Supervisory Board of AMNAL, Member of the Board of Directors of SGBV, Lecturer in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in finance and banking