Department of Accountancy and Governance

Scott Pargetter

Senior Teaching Fellow

Teaching is a particularly rewarding and privileged experience. In an ever changing environment, there are always new challenges and new opportunities to discover and conquer.

Kashan Pirzada earned his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Malaya. He began his academic career in 2009 at Bahria University, where he gained his MBA. He is an enthusiastic academician in financial accounting and corporate governance. Before joining Birmingham City University, Kashan was a Senior lecturer of...

Vijay Ramachandran

Senior Lecturer

Vijay Ramachandran has vast professional practice experience dealing with different types of business sectors and entities including small medium enterprises, charities, trusts, mainstream sporting organisations, public and private schools, synagogues and medium-sized enterprises.

Samantha Roberts

Head of Accountancy, Finance and Economics

Samantha Roberts holds an honours degree in Accounting and a Master’s degree in Accounting and Financial Management. She is ACMA, CGMA qualified and after a 15 year career in the banking and finance sector Samantha moved into higher education.

Dr Issahaku Salifu

Lecturer in Accounting

Issahaku is a Lecturer in Accounting and is passionate about teaching and learning in Higher Education. Over the years, he has gained significant teaching experience in HE in Ghana and the UK. Prior to his appointment, he has been studying a PhD programme with Birmingham City Business School, which has shaped his research...

Margaret Saunders

Senior Teaching Fellow

Margaret Saunders is a CIMA qualified accountant who gained a vast amount of experience working within industry before moving into education. After a number of years teaching within further education and working with apprentices, she joined the Business School in 2013 where she now teaches across a number of undergraduate...

Catherine Shirley

Senior Teaching Fellow

Catherine is a member of the CIMA, and has previously worked as a management accountant. She now brings this knowledge to our ACCA course.

Cathy Sibley

Senior Teaching Fellow

Cathy Sibley trained with M&S Financial Services before joining Kaplan as a senior lecturer. Prior to joining Birmingham City University, she became freelance in 2006, teaching, writing, marking and examining financial and corporate reporting for all professional qualifications (ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW and AAT).

Kulvinder Singh

Senior Teaching Fellow in Financial Accounting

Kulvinder is a senior teaching fellow in financial accounting. He is part of the course management team and is the course leader for the BSc Accounting and Finance course. He has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as on the professional ACCA programme.

Aida Thompson

Senior Teaching Fellow in Accounting

Aida Thompson began her teaching career at Coventry University in 2010 teaching on a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate accounting modules. While at Coventry, she was also the recruitment tutor for the accounting and finance modules.