Dr. Abdul Sattar Abu Ghuddah

Dr. Abdul Sattar Abu Ghuddah is the Advisor and Director, Department of Financial Instruments at Al-Baraka Investment Co. of Saudi Arabia. He holds a PhD in Islamic Law from Al Azhar University Cairo, Egypt. He is an active member of Islamic FiqhAcademy and the Accounting & Auditing Standards Board of Islamic Financial Institutions.

Dr. Abdul Sattar teaches Fiqh, Islamic studies and Arabic in Riyadh and has done a valuable task of research and compiling information for the Fiqh-Encyclopedia in the Ministry of ‘Awqaf’ and Islamic Affairs, Kuwait. He has been a member of the ‘Fatwa’ Board in the same Ministry from 1982 to 1990.

Other positions currently held:

• Member Board, Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes, USA
  
• Member Board, UBS, Switzerland
  
• Member Board Guidance Financial Group, USA
  
• Member Board, Saudi American Bank, Saudi Arabia
  
• Member Supervisory Board, First Islamic Investment Bank, Bahrain