Dr Khalid Shams Abdulqader earned his Masters in Economics from Claremont Graduate University – California, USA in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Banking from the University of Wales Bangor, UK In 2003. Dr Khalid chairs the Finance and Economics Department at Qatar University. Dr Khalid has had a wide range of researches in the fields of banking, shares and gulf currencies. He participated in some global Economics and Finance conferences. Dr Khalid worked in several government institutions such as Amiri Diwan and QSE. At present, he is working as professor at QU.