The Board of Advisors.

Studied in Saudi Arabia from 1977 to 1986 at Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah and King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, and later at York University. He founded the Islamic Forum of Canada and the Al-Faisaliyyah Foundation, and established the Al-Faisaliyyah Madrasah, which has taught in the GTA for thirty years. He has served as khateeb for over fifty years across Canada, the United States, Britain, Malaysia, South Africa and elsewhere, holds Ijāzah of Irshad in several ṭarīqahs, and received the Global Islamic Personality Award. He is the author of works on Qur'anic sciences, hadith, fiqh, ʿaqīdah and tasawwuf, and hosts the weekly programme Message of Mercy.

Practises neurology in Toronto with a specialisation in Parkinson's disease and movement disorders. He founded the World Parkinson's Program, a Canadian charity providing free medication to uninsured patients internationally, and was founding editor-in-chief of Research and Reviews in Parkinsonism. He holds an honorary FRCP from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and received the Wayne Hening Award. His patient education material has been translated into more than twenty languages and distributed in over fifty countries.

Co-founder of the Hackensack Meridian Health Research Institute, where he contributed to a 25% growth in the research portfolio. Principal investigator of the RISE Study, developing non-invasive breath-based diagnostics for sleep disorders. Eighteen years at HMH, progressing from sleep researcher to Vice President of Strategy, with responsibility for service-line planning, post-acute care, ambulatory expansion and value-based care frameworks. Medical degree from St. Petersburg State Medical Academy, MBA in healthcare administration, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Public Health certified.

Has originated, underwritten and executed mixed-use, multi-family and seniors' housing investments across Canada, across development, mergers and acquisitions, investment banking and corporate development. Executive MBA from the Rotman School of Management (Dean's List), Bachelor of Commerce in economics and finance from the University of Toronto (Dean's List), Real Estate Management Program at Harvard, and CFA Level II.

Fifteen years in Canadian financial services, with strategic oversight of regional operations and multidisciplinary teams delivering financial, retirement and risk management planning to mass-affluent and high-net-worth clients. Chartered Financial Planner, Chartered Life Underwriter and Registered Retirement Consultant, with a focus on estate planning, tax-efficient wealth transfer and risk mitigation. Serves on the Board of Directors of the Chartered Institute of Financial Planning.

Holds a Master of Public Policy, Master of Public Administration and Master of Laws from York University, and an Honours BA in public policy, political science and international affairs from the University of Toronto. Began Islamic studies under Somali scholars and continued in Egypt and Syria, studying under Shaykh Muhammad Guled, Shaykh Anmar Nasir, Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti and scholars of Al-Azhar, across tafsir, hadith, ʿaqīdah, fiqh, usul al-fiqh, naḥw, ṣarf, balāghah, sīrah and tasawwuf. Serves as an imam and teaches at mosques and Islamic centres throughout the GTA.