Dar co-founded an MSc programme in Islamic economics, banking and finance at
Loughborough University with John Presley. He also helped
Bayes Business School (formerly Cass Business School) at
City, University of London create an Executive MBA in Islamic Finance. He has held a visiting professorship in Islamic Finance at
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and an adjunct professorship at
COMSATS University Islamabad. In 2005, Dar joined Dar Al Istithmar, a joint venture between
Deutsche Bank, the
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, and Russell Wood, created to advise on Sharia-compliant financial products. In March 2006, Dar was appointed managing director of Dar Al Istithmar and a managing director at Deutsche Bank. In 2008, BMB Islamic became a member of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions. Dar founded Edbiz Consulting Limited in 2011 and Cambridge IFA, a financial intelligence firm, in 2014. Through his Sharia advisory role with
Nasdaq OMX, he contributed to the development of the Nasdaq-100 Sharia and OMX 30 Sharia indices. Dar is the founding editor of the
Global Islamic Finance Report, an annual publication on the Islamic financial services industry. In 2011, he established the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA), an annual event that recognizes achievements in the industry. ==Publications==