SAİM KAYADİBİ is a Professor Dr. at Marmara University Institute of Islamic Economics and Finance (MUISEF). Born in Türkiye he studied at Al-Azhar University Egypt and the University of Jordan and obtained his MPhil and Ph.D. from Durham University UK. From 2008 to 2010 he worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Malaya (UM) Malaysia Faculty of Shariah and Law; between 2010 and 2011 worked at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences Department of Economics. From 2011 to 2019 worked as an Associate Professor in the same department. Simultaneously he worked part-time at Global Islamic Finance University Malaysia (INCEIF) from 2017 to 2019. Between 2020-2023 worked at Karabuk University Faculty of Business Department of Finance and Banking. Since July 2023 he has been working at Marmara University Institute of Islamic Economics and Finance (MUISEF). Professor Kayadibi has contributed significantly to various academic and professional organizations. He served as the Chairman of the European Union Halal Standards Committee (CEN/TC 425) from 2013 to 2016. Additionally he held the position of Vice President of the International Relations Department (IAD) at the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) within the Rectorate's Office for three years. In 2021 he was appointed as the Director of the Vocational School of Social Sciences. Between October 2019 and July 2023 served as the Head of the Department of Finance and Banking at the Faculty of Business Administration and from 2022 to 2023 he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Sciences at Karabuk University in Türkiye. His expertise covers a wide range of subjects related to Islamic Law including Usul al-Fiqh; Islamic Family Law; Hukm Theory; Islamic (Participation) Banking and Finance; Interest-Free Economic System; Islamic Money and Capital Markets; Fiqh for Economists; Contracts ('Uqud) in Islamic Law; Shariah Oriented Public Policy (Siyasah Shar'iyyah); Islamic Economic History and Thought and Institutions; Interest-Free Finance Standards; Takaful (Participation Insurance); and Methodological Foundations of Islamic Economics and Finance; Islamic Law of Property and Obligations; Islamic Financial Transactions (Muamalai Maliyyah); Principles of Islamic Economics.