Omar Mahmoud Sharif is in the finance industry for over 25 years working in senior positions in East and West Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, and Gabon) and the Middle East. He is a Certified Public Accountant CPA(K), Certified Sukuk Professional CSP(Dubai), holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Islamic Finance and Economy (Dubai), and a Certified Islamic Public Accountant CIPA (Al Injaz Institute - accredited AAOIFI Centre).
His working experience in Islamic Finance include being a Public Presenter, Trainer, and Lecturer who has published several works such as Taxation of Islamic Finance products in Tanzania, trained the Capital Market and Security Authority (CMSA) and Dar-Es-Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) staff on Islamic Finance, and was Contracted by the Tanzanian Insurance Regulator through Centre of Islamic Finance Compliance and Advise (CIFCA), to steer the Takaful regulations in Tanzania. He also participated in several Islamic Finance advisory works such as Structuring the First Sukuk in East Africa, floated by KCB Bank Tanzania Sahl Banking, named Fursa Sukuk, and Drafting Islamic Finance Regulations with the Ministry of Finance in Tanzania towards developing Islamic finance infrastructure locally.