Associate Prof. Dr. Mohd Faizal bin P. Rameli is a Malaysian academic and researcher at the Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies (ACIS), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Melaka, Jasin Campus, where he serves as an Associate Professor. He holds a PhD in Economics and Muamalat Administration from Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, a Master’s degree in Syariah (Syariah and Economics) and a Bachelor’s degree in Syariah (Honours) from Universiti Malaya. His academic and professional expertise encompasses Syariah, Islamic Economics and Muamalat, Islamic Business Ethics, Islamic Entrepreneurship, Islamic Philanthropy, Islamic Finance, Halal studies, and Islamic Marketing. Since joining UiTM in 2007, he has taught courses including Islamic Economics, Fiqh Muamalat, Islamic Finance, Islamic Marketing, Islamic Business Management, Syariah and Transactions, and Islamic Business Ethics. He has also undertaken substantial academic administration, curriculum coordination, internal auditing, programme development, and institutional leadership responsibilities, including serving as ACIS Coordinator at UiTM Melaka and Managing Editor of the Journal of Islamic Philanthropy and Social Finance.Dr. Rameli has an extensive record of research, publications, research grants, postgraduate supervision, academic examination, and scholarly peer review. His research focuses particularly on Islamic Business Ethics, Muslim Entrepreneurship, Islamic Finance, Zakat, Waqf, Islamic Philanthropy, Qard al-Hasan, Islamic Social Finance, Asnaf Empowerment, Islamic Marketing, and Syariah-based socioeconomic development. His work has examined Islamic ethical practices among SMEs and Muslimpreneurs, Islamic financial practices, zakat-based entrepreneurship, waqf-based childcare, Islamic crowdfunding, digitalization of zakat management, social finance mechanisms, and the socioeconomic empowerment of vulnerable communities. He has led and contributed to numerous funded research projects, supervised postgraduate students at Master’s and PhD levels, and served as a proposal and thesis examiner. He has also reviewed journal articles, conference papers, and research grant proposals in Islamic studies, Syariah, Islamic finance, entrepreneurship, business, social finance, and related interdisciplinary fields. He is particularly well suited for academic research and peer review in Islamic Studies, Syariah, Islamic Economics, Islamic Finance, Islamic Business and Management, Islamic Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship, Islamic Marketing, Islamic Philanthropy, Zakat and Waqf, Islamic Social Finance, Halal Studies, and Muamalat.