Dr. Ken Baldwin graduated from the University of Oxford with a first in Physics, and completed a PhD at Loughborough University focused on risk-sharing in Islamic contracts. He is also qualified as a chartered accountant and previously worked in investment banking.
A revert to Islam, Dr. Baldwin moved to the Middle East in 2000, where he worked for a number of Islamic banks, including the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah.
Since 2015, he has worked as an assistant professor teaching finance at Coventry University, where he’s pursuing research into the theoretical reinforcement of Islamic banking.
Dr. Baldwin joined Human Appeal’s Board of Trustees in December 2020.