Dr. Hassan Shakeel Shah is a distinguished scholar in Islamic Thought and Civilization. He currently serves as the Chairperson of the Department of Islamic Thought and Civilization at the University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore. With academic credentials from Al-Azhar University and the University of Brunei Darussalam, Dr. Shah brings a global perspective to Islamic scholarship.

His expertise spans Sharīʿah, Islamic Banking and Finance, and Arabic language. Dr. Shah has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at numerous international conferences. He previously headed the Islamic Banking and Finance Department at the Islamic University of Maldives and is also an HEC-approved PhD supervisor.