Abdus Sattar Abbasi has a vast experience of both the corporate sector and the academia. He remained posted in four countries, other than the homeland - including Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan - during this journey of more than two and a half decades. He is Associate Professor and Head CIF, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan. He is the founding editor of COMSATS Journal of Islamic Finance (CJIF). He also founded GFIF and IFEA. He travelled to several countries to attend conferences and training courses including China, England, Turkey, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai; besides he also visited Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Iran.