Dr Mohd Faizal Basri is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Management and Economics, Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), Malaysia. He is also a visiting associate professor at Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business and MBA from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. He also holds a PhD in Islamic Finance from Durham University, UK. His research interests are in the area of Islamic banking and finance. In his early career, Dr Mohd Faizal served AmBank (M) Berhad in the Banking Inspection & Quality Assurance department for several years. Before joining UPSI, Dr Mohd Faizal worked as a lecturer at UiTM.