Dr Mohammed Obaidullah is the Founder of IBF Net: The Islamic Business and Finance Network, the International Institute of Islamic Business and Finance (IIIBF). He currently serves the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank Group as a Senior EconomistIslamic Sciences University Malaysia (USIM) as the 2nd Yayasan Tun Ismail Chair Professor in Islamic Finance.

Dr Obaidullah has also served the Islamic Economics Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and taught at the International Islamic University Malaysia, the Xavier Institute of Management, India and the T A Pai Management Institute, India. His areas of interest include: Islamic Finance, Financial Markets, and Development Finance.