Shaykh Mohammed Ali Ismail is a law graduate from Peterborough who has studied at the Hawza in Qum. He has also completed the Post Graduate Certificate in Education at the University of Portsmouth, after which he moved to Damascus, Syria, where he trained future Ministers of Religion at the Islamic Institute for Post Graduate Studies. He is currently Director of Research and Publications and a lecturer and editor at The Islamic College in London.

Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli, originally from Iraq, has a Masters in Pharmacy from the University of London. He completed his Hawza degree from the ICAS in London under the supervision of Ayatollah Fadhil Milani, and also has an MA in Islamic Studies from Middlesex University via the Islamic College. He is a teacher at the Hawza Programme at Islamic College in London.