Prof. Dr. Rusni Hassan is a Professor at the IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, IIUM. She graduated with LLB (Honours), LLB (Shariah) (First Class), Master of Comparative Laws (MCL) and Ph.D in Law. She was a member of Shariah Advisory Council of Central Bank of Malaysia from 2010–2016. She is in the Shariah Committee Hong Leong Islamic Bank and Etiqa Takaful. Her international involvement includes serving the Shariah Committee for HDFC, HDC Maldives and Advisory Panel for Women on Boards. She is a registered Shariah Advisor with the Securities Commission Malaysia. She is also actively involved in Islamic Finance related associations such as the Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM) where she is a member of its Shariah Advisory Council; Association of Shariah Advisors in Islamic Finance Malaysia (ASAS) and the International Council of Islamic Finance Educators (ICIFE) where she is the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for both associations respectively. She has spoken extensively in seminars, workshops, conferences and trainings on various Islamic Finance issues. Her publication includes books on Islamic Banking
and Takaful, Islamic Banking under Malaysian Law, Corporate Governance of Islamic Financial Institutions and more than 60 articles in local and international journals. She has received awards as a Promising Researcher at IIUM in 2012. Her works and contribution to Islamic Finance has also been recognised internationally when she was listed among the Top 10 Women in Islamic Finance by CPI Financial in 2013 and been awarded Most Talented Women Professional in Islamic Banking, Asia Islamic Banking Excellence Awards, CMO Asia 2014, and Women of Distinction for her contribution in the field of Islamic Finance and law by Venus International Women Awards (VIWA 2016).