Dr. Dalal Aassouli is an Assistant Professor of Islamic and Sustainable Finance at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Qatar. She was previously a visiting academic at Durham University Business School in the United Kingdom.
Prior to that, she worked at the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) in Malaysia where she assisted with the establishment of the IILM's sukuk programme.
Before that, she held several corporate finance positions in Europe where she had exposure to the African, European and Latin American markets.
Dr. Dalal has a rich experience working with regulators, standard setting bodies, multilaterals and financial institutions on a variety of high-level projects on food security, sustainable finance, Islamic finance and fintech in MENA, Africa and South-East Asia.
Dr. Dalal also serves on several industry working groups and non-profit global forums. She is also an invited speaker in international conferences and events and provides her consultancy expertise to various organizations on issues related to sustainable, digital and Islamic finance.
Dr. Dalal is also a MENA GIFT Board member. GIFT is one of the most diverse and inclusive non-profit fintech forums globally, with very high caliber members from 65 countries across all regions, which include leaders from the entire spectrum of the digital finance and innovation ecosystem: Banks, Regulators, Central Banks, Multilateral Agencies, Fintech and blockchain companies, Angel Investors, VCs, thought leaders and Academia.
Dr. Dalal holds Masters from NEOMA Business School, and Paris Dauphine University and a PhD from ENS de Lyon in France.
Her areas of research interest include sustainable, digital and Islamic finance in general and their implications for liquidity management, corporate finance, ethical finance, development finance, green finance, food security, sustainable development and socially responsible investing.