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Dr. S. R. Osmani is Professor of Development Economics at Ulster University in the United Kingdom and a Visiting Professor at Brac University, Dhaka. He obtained his PhD in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and worked as a researcher at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) in Helsinki, before joining Ulster University. He has published widely on issues related to poverty, inequality, famine, microcredit, human rights, and development issues in general. His publications include Economic Inequality and Group Welfare, Poverty and Vulnerability in Rural Bangladesh, Theory and Practice of Microcredit (co-authored), and the jointly edited volume The Cambridge Handbook of the Capability Approach.

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Ulster University:
https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/siddiqur-osmani

ORCiD:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3632-9150

Professor Dr. Mohammad Kabir Hassan is a Professor of Finance in the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of New Orleans. He currently holds four endowed Professorships and the Moffet Chair of World Resources Prices and Economic Development at the University of New Orleans. Professor Hassan won the 2016 Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Prize in Islamic Banking and Finance.   Professor Hassan is in the top 2% of cited authors, according to a 2024 Standford University Survey. According to the 20024 ScholarGPS, Dr. Hassan's research publication puts him #1 in Islam, #110 in Economics, and #343 in social sciences worldwide. Professor Hassan is the 2019 University of Louisiana System Outstanding Educator recipient, the 2019 Life-long Research Achievement Award, and the 2018 UNO Nick Mueller International Leadership Medallion Winner. Professor Hassan is Editor-in-Chief of several scholarly journals published by reputable publishers. Dr. Hassan has won numerous awards from professional academic societies for research and innovative teaching. Hassan was a Senior Fulbright Scholar for 2022-2024. He has served on the AAOIFI AGEB Board since 2020 and is Chairman of the AAOFIF Education Board. Professor Hassan has recently been named Hamid D. Habib Chair of Finance at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan. Professor Hassan has recently been named an Honorary Professor at the University of Jordan, Jordan.

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University of New Orleans:
https://www.uno.edu/profile/faculty/mohammad_hassan

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/m-kabir-hassan/16/19a/424

Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56073142200

ORCiD
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6274-3545

Dr. Bhimaraya Metri, Director, IIM Nagpur is a distinguished academician, renowned teacher, researcher, an astute administrator and institution builder. An outstanding leader of management education, he has performed key leadership roles at many premier management institutes and corporate in his remarkable career. He is the former Director of IIM Tiruchirappalli. Under his dynamic leadership, IIM Tiruchirappalli has catapulted among the league of top business schools in India. He has also contributed immensely as Dean at L& T Institute of Project Management Vadodara, IMI New Delhi, MDI Gurgaon and leading research programs at BITS Pilani. A renowned expert in the area of Project Management & Infrastructure, Quality Management and Supply Chain Management, he has numerous research papers and books to his credit apart from being on the editorial advisory boards of several national and international journals. Currently, Dr. Metri is the Governing Council member of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI, and the Advisory Council member of YASHADA, Pune; Member of the Executive Board of FORE School of Management; Chairman, WG-DEB, UGC, New Delhi; Chairman, Human Resources Management and Innovation Sectional Committee & Chairman, Management and Systems Division Council (MSDC), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), New Delhi and Chairman, AIMA Board of Studies, New Delhi. Dr. Metri is the Visitor Nominee to IIT Delhi, IIT Roorkee, IIT Jodhpur and IIM Jammu. He is also nominee of MoE, Govt of India on the Board of Governors of IIM Mumbai & NIBM Pune and Chancellor’s Nominee on Academic Council, Gondwana University. Dr. Metri is member of Board of Governors of CMDR Dharwad; NICMAR University Pune; SDMIMD Mysore; AIMA New Delhi; JSPM University Pune and MEPSC, New Delhi. Dr. Metri serves as a member of the Appeals Committee of NAAC, Bengaluru & member AAC-National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi; Honorary Advisor to TNeGA, Ministry of IT, Govt of Tamil Nadu; Member, International Advisory Council, Chanakya University, Bengaluru; Member- National Management Committee, PMA, India; Member, Academic council, NIMSME, Hyderabad; Academic Council Member KIIT Bhubaneswar and Dr. Metri worked as Visitor nominee & convener/member of the committee constituted for the selection of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities & other Central Govt. Universities. He worked as a member of the Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO (INCCU); he has also served earlier as a member of various national committees of higher education constituted by government and professional bodies and the AICTE-Council, AICTE Executive Committee. Dr. Metri served as a member of the expert committee for establishment of Higher Education Commission of India to carry out detailed mapping of existing manpower and functions performed by UGC, AICTE, NCTE etc. He served as Chairman, the All India Board of Management Studies (AICTE) on the panel of experts for mentoring the Institutes of Eminence (IoE), Chairman/member of several committees of AICTE, UGC, NBA, UKIERI, AIU, IGNOU, IIM Kozhikode Society, Governing Council of SACON Coimbatore under the MoEFCC, Govt. of India; UERC Uttarakhand; Principal Technical Agency (PTA) for PMGSY projects for Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan; IIIC, Govt. of Kerala; member BOG of SVVV Indore; member of the committee for establishment of Online University, Govt. of Maharashtra; Member, Expert Group constituted by MoE for NEP-2020 and has also served on the board of Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Houston, Texas, USA. Dr. Metri was leader of the three Indian delegations to Tokyo (Japan), Bali (Indonesia) for ISO/ TC 260 and Amersfoort, Netherlands for ISO/ TC 251, for development of international standards. He was the chairman of the International Academic Review Committee for Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat Oman; Foreign expert for HEQAAC (UGC), Nepal; Member, ABMC Accreditation Panel, Osaka, Japan; Member, Eurasia-Pacific Uninet (EPU). Dr. Metri was the first Indian elected as the Vice President, Asia Pacific Division, Decision Sciences Institute (DSI). He was the Chief Guest for the 55th Convocation of Shivaji University, Anna University and many other engineering and management institutions in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. He was also invited as a key Note speaker at Pan-African PMC, Cameroon and taught GMP to Mauritian Business Leaders as a visiting faculty of ESSEC Business School Paris. Dr. Metri has trained more than 200 Vice Chancellors of Central, State & Private Universities in the country. He also has trained more than 1000 Directors, Deans, Principals and HODs of leading Engineering Institutes including NITs under World Bank assisted project of MHRD-TEQIP to improve the quality of technical education in the country. Dr. Metri is deeply involved with executive education at board, senior and middle management levels including international training with a wide range of organizations including leading organizations of government, public sector (Maharatna & Navaratna companies), private sector and foreign government bodies. He has conducted several board level and top management programs for the leading public sector organizations such as NLCIL, NUPPL, ONGC, HPCL, NRPC (CMD/Dy CMD/IAS Officers/CEs), etc. He has trained senior executives of several leading organizations including CIL, WCL, NTPC, NHPC, PGCIL, BHEL, HCL, RBI, ONGC, IOCL, CPCL, NLCIL, ECIL, EIL, WAPCOS, NEEPCO, SJVNL, PSEB, BEL, ATAL, NAAC, JNVs, Sona Koyo, Fortis, Jindal Stainless Steel Ltd, PNB, CIDC, ABB, L&T, Nestle, Eli Lilly, EXL, Hindustan Copper Ltd, Hindustan Zinc, Sikkim Govt. Officers, Aditya Birla Group DCM Shriram, Cairn Energy, Public Enterprise, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, DOAE (Department of Atomic Energy) Officers, Army Officers, ITEC Officers (Ministry of External Affairs) from 30 plus countries, New Holland Fiat and Ministry of health & family welfare. Dr. Metri has provided consultancy to various premier organizations such as L&T, Bosch, Titan, FDCM, NTPC, Army Ordinance Corps (AOC) Ministry of Defense, Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA) etc. Globally exposed and widely travelled across four continents and 29 countries visiting B-schools and universities for executive education and internationalization initiatives. Dr. Metri has led a successful national and international Accreditation & Re-accreditation programs led a Curriculum Review Committee that undertook a major overhaul of the PGDM programs. He has been instrumental in enhancement of physical and intellectual infrastructure and increased the strength of PGDM programs for successfully positioning MDI Gurgaon, IMI Delhi and IIM Tiruchirappalli amongst the leading Business Schools of the country. For such illustrious contributions to the society, he has been bestowed with several prestigious awards and recognitions. Dr. Metri received the prestigious Ravi J Matthai National Fellow Award also he is the first serving IIM Director to receive the country’s prestigious AIMA-Kewal Nohria Award for Academic Leadership in Management Education. Dr. Metri also received the Distinguished Services Award by Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute, Top Director Award by CSR; Prerana Purshkar - Distinguished Alumnus Award, and "Top Rankers Excellence Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership". Dr. Metri received his Ph.D. from IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai. Currently, he is the President of ISDSI-Global and member of the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) USA.

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IIM NAGPUR:
https://www.iimnagpur.ac.in/CoE/CGCS/members/dr-bhimaraya-metri/

LinkedIn:
https://in.linkedin.com/in/bhimaraya-metri-26b42137

Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=14071708100

ORCiD:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9372-5075

Jawad Syed, Ph.D., FCPHR, is a Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the Suleman Dawood School of Business (AACSB accredited), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) since 2016. Previously, he worked at the University of Kent as a Reader during 2007-14 and the University of Huddersfield as a Professor during 2014-16. His research and teaching interests include diversity management, human resource management, leadership, strategy, and business ethics. Professor Syed obtained his Ph.D. in Business from Macquarie University (2008) and completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education at the University of Kent (2008). Prior to that, he received a Master of International Business from Western Sydney University (2001). He has also attended Institute for Management and Leadership in Education (MLE) at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education (2017), and Global Colloquium for Participant-Centered Learning (2019) at Harvard Business School (HBS). He has also attended Directors Training Program (DTP) at LUMS (2022) which is endorsed by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). Prof Syed is a Co-Chair (2022-2025) of the European Academy of Management’s (EURAM) Gender, Race, and Diversity in Organizations (GRDO) Special Interest Group. He is the president of the South Asian Academy of Management (SAAM) since 2016. He is a Fellow Certified HR Professional (FCPHR) of the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) since 2021 and, prior to that, an Academic Fellow of CIPD during 2014-22. In academic leadership roles, Prof Syed has served as Dean of the Suleman Dawood School of Business (LUMS), Head of People, Management and Organizations Group (University of Kent), and Director of Talent, Diversity and Development Research Group (University of Huddersfield). Professor Syed has edited and authored eight books and written more than 100 journal articles, including his articles in the British Journal of Management Human Relations, Gender, Work & Organization, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and Human Resource Management Journal. His books include Human Resource Management: A Global and Critical Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan), Managing Diversity and Inclusion: An International Perspective (Sage), China’s Belt and Road Initiative in a Global Context (Springer), Employee Motivation in Saudi Arabia: An Investigation into the Higher Education Sector (Palgrave Macmillan), Religious Diversity in the Workplace (Cambridge), Managing Gender Diversity in Asia: A Research Companion (Edward Elgar), and Managing Cultural Diversity in Asia: A Research Companion (Edward Elgar). Prof Syed was conferred the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (the third-highest civilian award in Pakistan) in 2011 by the President of Pakistan for his contributions and public service in the field of equality and diversity management. Prof Syed has successfully supervised 11 Ph.D. students to completion and has examined more than 20 Ph.D. theses at high-ranking universities such as the University of Melbourne, University of Bath, University of Cape Town, AUT University, University of Malaya, etc. As a consultant and executive trainer, Professor Syed has helped several business and public sector organizations and higher education institutions in the areas of strategy, leadership development, human resource management, family business, diversity, ethics, pedagogy, communication, and change management.

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Lahore University of Management Sciences:
https://lums.edu.pk/lums_employee/4821

LinkedIn:
https://pk.linkedin.com/in/jawad-syed

Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=23098868700

ORCiD:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8796-1888

Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=LBZjARAAAAAJ

Prof Javed Siddiqui is a Professor of Accounting at the Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester and currently the Director of Social Responsibility for the school. He is also a member of the Research Advisory Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) and sits in the Due Process Oversight Committee of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Javed's primary fields of research are auditing, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting, especially in the context of developing economies. Professor Siddiqui's research has been funded by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Bangladesh Institute of Capital Markets set up by the Government of Bangladesh. Professor Siddiqui worked with international development agencies, such as the World Bank and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Big Four accountancy firms, as well as national level professional accountancy bodies. Javed's work has consistently appeared in reputed accounting and management journals, and been cited by important professional and policy making bodies, such as the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), ICAEW and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK.
Professor Siddiqui was invited by the UK House of Commons select committee on Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to provide evidence on auditing and corporate governance issues. In 2022, Thomson Reuters named Professor Javed Siddiqui in their prestigious list of highly cited researchers who have demonstrated 'significant influence' through the publication of multiple highly cited papers. Javed is currently an Associate Editor of the Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, and sits in the editorial board of a number of other internationally reputed journals. Javed has held a number of senior academic leadership roles, including the school Director for post-graduate taught (PGT) programmes, Programme Director for MSc Accounting and Finance and MSc Accounting programmes. Professor Siddiqui is currently an external examiner for Accounting undergraduate awards offered by Arab Open University and University of Mauritius, having previously held similar roles at the University of Southampton, University of Essex and University of Hull. Prof Siddiqui was an external member of the Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance Committee of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC). He also sits in the academic advisory panel for the UK Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. Professor Siddiqui has held previous academic positions at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and is a recipient of the Chancellor's Gold Medal and the Kali Narayan Scholarship from the university for his academic performance at the undergraduate level, as well as the Commonwealth Scholarship funded by the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

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University of Manchester, UK:
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/javed.siddiqui

LinkedIn:
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/javed-siddiqui-a0625721

Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=26436339900

ORCiD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7663-0960

Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=uRNb7ZUAAAAJ&hl=en

Professor Dr. Nurul Shahnaz Mahdzan is a distinguished scholar in finance, specializing in consumer and behavioral finance, fintech adoption, risk management, and the financial services industry. She is a Professor at the Department of Finance, Faculty of Business & Economics, University of Malaya, where she previously served as Head (2019–2023). She holds a PhD from the University of Nottingham (UK), an MBA from the University of Malaya, and a BBA from Ohio University (USA), giving her an international academic exposure that has shaped her perspectives on education and finance. Her research focuses on financial literacy, financial well-being, savings behavior, investment risk-taking, fintech adoption, and susceptibility to financial fraud, with numerous publications in high-impact academic journals. With a decade of experience in the banking and insurance industries before transitioning to academia, her deep understanding of personal finance continues to drive her research and engagements. She was a Plenary Speaker at the Malaysian National Financial Literacy Symposium (NFLS 2023) and has been invited as a Keynote Speaker at multiple international conferences, sharing her insights on financial literacy, fintech, and economic behavior. She also sits on the Board of Advisors for Rezkilah, a financial education platform in Malaysia that empowers Malaysians with financial knowledge. She is frequently featured in national media; she provides expert commentary on financial and economic issues. Additionally, she serves as a panel assessor for research grants under the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education and actively contributes to discussions on financial literacy and well-being in Malaysia and beyond.

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Universiti Malaya, Malaysia:
https://umexpert.um.edu.my/n_shahnaz.html

LinkedIn:
https://my.linkedin.com/in/shahnaz-mahdzan-4a934b57

Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55642539000

ORCiD:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4700-9654

Professor Dr. Muhammad Moshfique Uddin is currently working as a Professor of Financial Management at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK. Before joining Leeds, he worked at the University of York, UK, Leeds Beckett University, UK, and the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. In addition, he is working as a visiting Professor and an Honorary Professor at Western University, Canada, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, respectively. His research revolves around issues like corporate restructuring, alternative financing, and capital markets. He is also interested in exploring the role of institutions and culture in shaping up financial decisions. He has published over 40 research papers in various ABS-listed journals along with a book and several book chapters. He regularly attends and presents papers at national and international conferences and actively participates in conferences as a keynote speaker and session chair. He has supervised a number of PhD students to completion and regularly examines PhD theses both nationally and internationally. He is also active in editorial responsibilities. Currently, he is working as an Associate Editor for Human Resource Management Journal, which is an elite journal (ABS 4*), and for Annals of Corporate Governance. He is also a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Knowledge Management. He also worked as a Senior Editor for the International Journal of Emerging Markets.

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University of Leeds:
https://business.leeds.ac.uk/departments-accounting-finance/staff/1684/professor-muhammad-moshfique-uddin

LinkedIn:
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/moshfique-uddin-98421972

Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55642539000

ORCiD:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1035-0365

Dr. Hafiz Hoque is a Professor of Finance in Swansea University. Professor Hafiz Hoque’s research focuses on the intersection of real-world problems and corporate finance issues. His current research interest includes director’s network, credit default swaps, green innovation, corporate misconduct, pay transparency, climate change and finance, ESG, artificial intelligence, and textual analysis. He has attracted significant grant incomes over the last fifteen years. His research work has been presented at various conferences worldwide. He has an extensive publication record in 4* and 3* ABS listed journals including Journal of Corporate Finance and Journal of Banking and Finance. He is the Director of the Hawkes Centre for Empirical Finance. He serves as ad hoc referee for many journals including Journal of Banking and Finance, European Financial Management, Journal of corporate Finance. He is an associate editor of Journal of International Finance and Economics and Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting. Hafiz (together with Douglas and Eilnaz) has edited a book titled: “Raising finance: From traditional to new forms of entrepreneurial finance” (in press) published by World Scientific Publishing. Hafiz Hoque holds a Ph.D. degree in finance from Bayes (Formerly Cass) Business School, University of London.

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Swansea University:
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/h.hoque

LinkedIn:
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/hafiz-hoque-817aba29

ORCiD:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4354-3895

Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=V5WBpjsAAAAJ&hl=en

Professor Sabur Mollah holds a Chair in Financial Management at Sheffield University Management School. Prior to joining the University of Sheffield, he served as a Professor of Accounting and Finance at Swansea University and a Professor of Finance at the University of Hull. Throughout his career, Sabur has taken on several administrative roles, including Member of the Senate, Head of School, Campus Director, and Director of Research. His research papers have been published in some of the most prestigious and internationally recognized journals, such as the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of Banking and Finance, and the Journal of Financial Stability. Additionally, Sabur founded the Academy of Sustainable Finance, Accounting, Accountability & Governance (ASFAAG) and serves as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Accounting.

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Sheffield University:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/management/people/academic-staff/afm/sabur-mollah

LinkedIn:
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sabur-mollah-a4bab821

ORCiD:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6342-8309

Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=M8jLyY8AAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Mostafa M. Hasan is a Professor in the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance at Macquarie University, Sydney. Prior to joining Macquarie, he held academic positions at Curtin University and the University of Dhaka. Professor Hasan’s research focuses on the intersection of accounting and financial economics, with wide-ranging interests in corporate governance, corporate finance, sustainability, and disclosure. His work has been published in many prestigious journals, including Management Science, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, European Accounting Review, British Accounting Review, Energy Economics, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Business & Society, Accounting and Business Research, International Review of Financial Analysis.

Professor Hasan has achieved sustained growth in citations, demonstrating his research impact and recognition. He was featured in Stanford University’s list of the top 2% most-cited researchers worldwide in accounting for 2022, 2023 and 2024. His Google Scholar profile reflects an h-index of 39 and over 5,900 citations.

Professor Hasan serves as an Associate Editor for Abacus and the Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, and as an ad hoc Associate Editor for the British Accounting Review. He is also on the editorial boards of Advances in Accounting and the Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. He also serves as ad hoc reviewer for many journals, including the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, European Accounting Review, British Accounting Review, Energy Economics, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Corporate Governance: An International Review, among others.

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Macquarie University:
https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/mostafa-hasan

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mostafa-monzur-hasan-04362657

ORCiD:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2891-2979

Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=vnqhwNIAAAAJ&hl=en