Dr Ghazali Jaapar is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Islamic Law, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He is now the Chairman of the Shariah Committee of KIBB and a member of the Shariah Committee of EXIM Bank. Prior to that, he was the Chairman of the Shariah Committee of RHB Islamic Bank and a member of HSBC Amanah Takaful and FWD Takaful until 2022. He is 52 years old and holds a Bachelor of Shariah (Law) from the University of Malaya, a Master in Comparative Law (MCL) from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and a PhD in Islamic Jurisprudence from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.