Dr. Dalal Aassouli is Assistant Professor of Islamic Finance at CIS. She has worked at the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) in Malaysia, where she assisted with the establishment of the IILM's sukuk program. She has also held several positions in international institutions in Europe where she had exposure to the African, European, and Latin American markets.

Dr. Aassouli holds master’s degrees from NEOMA Business School and Paris Dauphine University, and a PhD from ENS de Lyon in France. Her areas of research interest include Islamic finance in general and its implications for liquidity management, corporate finance, ethical finance, development finance, green finance, sustainable development, and socially responsible investing.

Dr. Dalal is also an invited speaker at international Islamic finance conferences and events and provides her consultancy expertise to various organizations on issues related to Islamic and sustainable finance.