Dr. Mohd Rizal Muwazir is an Associate Professor in the Department of Shariah and Management, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya. He completed his PhD from Cardiff Business School, UK, in 2012. Dr. Mohd Rizal holds a BA in Shariah and Management (2003) and an MBA in Accounting (2006) from Universiti Malaya. Additionally, he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Science Research Methods from Cardiff University in 2007. His research interests and expertise include Islamic banking, Islamic corporate governance, Shariah auditing, corporate social responsibility and financial sustainability. Dr. Rizal serves as a member of the Shariah Committee at OCBC AL-Amin Bank Berhad since 2023 and is also a research team member at the Gulf One Lab for Computational and Economic Research (GOLCER) at Lancaster University Management School, UK.