Meezan Bank Ltd.
Group Head & Vice Chairman, Shariah Supervisory Board
Also Resident Shariah Board Member — responsible for research and product development, Shariah-compliant banking advisory, and supervision of Shariah audit and compliance.
Leadership
Dr. Mufti Muhammad
Dr. Mufti Muhammad
Imran Ashraf Usmani
Founder & Director, GreensFin
A scholar of Islamic jurisprudence who has spent three decades turning Shariah principles into working financial products. Every product GreensFin ships is built under his governance.
- Mufti, Islamic Fiqh
- Ph.D. Islamic Finance
- L.L.B.
Shariah Governance
Since 1990
35+
Years teaching Fiqh
Jamia Darul-Uloom, Karachi — since 1990
2
Shariah board seats
Vice Chairman and Resident Member, Meezan Bank
Ph.D.
In Islamic finance
Alongside an L.L.B. and a specialisation in Fiqh
2013
On national committees
Govt. of Pakistan, Islamic banking promotion
Biography
Three decades of
Three decades of
Islamic jurisprudence
Son of Justice (Retd.) Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, and a teacher of Fiqh at Jamia Darul-Uloom, Karachi since 1990.
Dr. Mufti Muhammad Imran Ashraf Usmani graduated with a specialisation in Islamic Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) from Jamia Darul-Uloom, Karachi, where he has been teaching Fiqh since 1990. He also holds an L.L.B. and a Ph.D. in Islamic finance, and serves as a Vice President of the administration board of Jamia Darul-Uloom, Karachi.
Every product passes through rigorous Shariah research, audit and compliance — so customers can grow their wealth digitally without compromising their faith.
Dr. Imran Usmani is the Group Head and Vice Chairman of the Shariah Supervisory Board at Meezan Bank Ltd. He is also the Resident Shariah Board Member at Meezan Bank, responsible for research and product development of Islamic banking products, advisory for Shariah-compliant banking, and supervision of Shariah audit and compliance.
He is the President and CEO of Usmani & Co. Pvt. Ltd, which provides a full suite of Islamic finance consultancy, Shariah advisory and related ancillary services to local and international clients across all legal jurisdictions and financial and non-financial sectors.
Dr. Imran Usmani has worked with the Government of Pakistan on a range of initiatives, and has been a member of the Steering Committee and the implementation committee for the promotion of Islamic banking since 2013.
Appointments
Where that authority is held
Shariah governance only means something when it is accountable to an institution. These are the boards and bodies his rulings answer to.
Jamia Darul-Uloom, Karachi
Teacher of Fiqh & Vice President, Administration Board
Teaching Islamic jurisprudence since 1990, where he also completed his own specialisation in Islamic Fiqh.
Usmani & Co. Pvt. Ltd.
President & Chief Executive Officer
A full suite of Islamic finance consultancy, Shariah advisory and ancillary services for local and international clients across every legal jurisdiction.
Government of Pakistan
Steering & Implementation Committee member
Serving on the committees for the promotion of Islamic banking since 2013, alongside a range of other national initiatives.
The path here
From the classroom to the ledger
Scholarship first, then the institutions that put it to work — and finally the digital rails GreensFin runs on.
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1990
Begins teaching Fiqh
Joins the faculty of Jamia Darul-Uloom, Karachi, teaching Islamic jurisprudence — a post he still holds more than three decades later.
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Scholarship
Specialisation, L.L.B. and Ph.D.
Graduates with a specialisation in Islamic Fiqh from Jamia Darul-Uloom, then adds a law degree and a doctorate in Islamic finance.
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Meezan Bank
Shariah Supervisory Board
Appointed to the Shariah Supervisory Board at Meezan Bank Ltd., rising to Group Head and Vice Chairman, and serving as Resident Shariah Board Member.
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Usmani & Co.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Leads a consultancy delivering Islamic finance advisory and Shariah structuring to clients across international jurisdictions and every sector.
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2013
Government of Pakistan
Joins the Steering Committee and implementation committee for the promotion of Islamic banking, shaping national policy.
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Today
Founder & Director, GreensFin
Brings that same governance to digital finance — every GreensFin product is researched, audited and certified under his supervision.
In the field
Conferences, boards and briefings
Shariah governance is not desk work. Select a photograph to view it full size.
Why it matters
Scholarship you can audit
A compliance label is easy to print. What is hard — and what GreensFin is built on — is a named scholar whose own standing is on the line for every structure we ship.
- Shariah research before a product is designed
- Structure certified against Islamic Fiqh
- Ongoing Shariah audit once it is live