Dr. Ahmet Aysan is a full Professor and Associate Dean for Research at Hamad Bin Khalifa University and a full Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) member. He has been the Board Member and Monetary Policy Committee Member of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkiye and served as a consultant at various institutions such as the World Bank, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, and Oxford Analytica. Dr. Aysan, who has many articles published in reputable academic journals, is a recipient of IKAM`s Islamic Economics Research Award, Fintech Researcher of the Year Award of Arab Fintech Forum in 2023, HBKU Research Excellence Award in 2024, Bogazici University Foundation Publication Awards, Bogazici University Foundation Academic Promotion Awards, and the Ibn Khaldun Prize. Dr. Aysan is also a Research Associate at the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT), a Research Fellow at the Economic Research Forum, and a Non-resident fellow at the ME Council.