With over 16 years of experience in teaching, research and academic administration in the higher education sector, I am currently working as an Associate Professor at Edinburgh Business School (EBS), Heriot Watt University Dubai. My administrative responsibilities include the role as the Associate Director of Research and the Director of the PG Accounting & Finance Programmes in the EBS.

I completed his PhD from the University of Manchester UK, MBA from Strathclyde Business School UK, and PGCAP from Heriot Watt University UK. I am a CPA (Australia), a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, and a member of the British Accounting & Finance Association and European Accounting Association.

My research interests include Islamic accounting and finance, carbon accounting and finance, environmental social and governance (ESG) disclosures and performance, corporate governance & corporate finance, bank regulation, risk-taking & efficiency, and corporate governance and regulatory reforms in emerging economies.

I was invited to present my research at several international conferences in the UK, Italy and France, and published papers in top ranked international journals such as British Journal of Management (ABS 4), British Accounting Review (ABS 3*), Critical Perspectives on Accounting (ABS 3*), Business Strategy and the Environment (ABS 3*), International Review of Economics & Finance (ABDC A-ranked), Applied Economics (ABDC A-ranked).