Professor Simon Archer

Simon Archer is a Visiting Professor at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK, with particular responsibility for Islamic Finance, and Adjunct Professor at INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur. Previously, he was Professor of Financial Management at the University of Surrey, after being Midland Bank Professor of Financial Sector Accounting at the University of Wales, Bangor. After studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in London and then moved to Price Waterhouse in Paris, where he became Partner in charge of Management Consultancy Services.

Since beginning an academic career, Professor Archer undertaken numerous consultancy assignments, including acting as consultant to the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB). He has been a Visiting Professor at a number of universities and business schools, including IIUM in Malaysia, Bordeaux, Metz, Paris-Dauphine, HEC and EAP-ESCP in France, Copenhagen Business School in Denmark, and Frankfurt and Koblenz in Germany.

Professor Archer is the author and co-editor of a considerable number of works and academic papers on international accounting and on issues in Islamic finance, including Islamic Finance: Innovation and Growth (Euromoney Publications, 2002) with Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, Islamic Finance: the Regulatory Challenge (John Wiley Asia, 2007) and Islamic Finance: the New Regulatory Challenge (John Wiley Asia, 2013) with Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim and Takaful Islamic Insurance: Concepts and Regulatory Issues (John Wiley Asia, 2009) with Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim and Volker Nienhaus. In 2010, Professor Archer received an award from the Central Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait Finance House, Bahrain for his “outstanding contribution to the Islamic Financial Services Industry”.