Department of Finance and Economics
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Dr Wahabalbari Ahmed
Lecturer in Business and Economics
Dr Wahabalbari is a multidisciplinary lecturer with a keen interest in behavioural economics, Islamic Social Finance and Creative Problem Solving.
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Dr Simeon Babatunde
Deputy Head of Accountancy, Finance and Economics
Dr. Simeon Babatunde has more than 11 years of experience in the Finance industry, working as an Analyst in Asset management and Investment Banking firms in Nigeria and UK.
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Dr James Foye
Lecturer in Finance
James Foye holds a Master’s degree in Investment Management from City University, London and a PhD from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Prior to embarking on an academic career, he spent nine years working in financial markets as an equities analyst and fund manager. James predominantly teaches courses in finance and...
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Dr Abdul Ghafoor
Lecturer
Abdul Ghafoor is Lecturer of Finance at Birmingham City Business School, UK. Previously, he worked as Lecturer of Finance at Monash University. He is also a Non-resident Research Fellow at IPAG Business School Paris, France. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. His areas of research are corporate...
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Dr Paul Heap
Senior Lecturer in Economics
After completing his DPhil ‘General Equilibrium Models of Monetary Economies’, Paul Heap held temporary lectureships at the Universities of Manchester, Bristol and Bath. He was then a tutor at the University of Nottingham, before coming to work at BCU.
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Professor Javed Hussain
Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance
Professor Javed Hussain is Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at Birmingham City University, where he currently leads the Accounting and Finance Group. Professor Hussain supervises a number of PhDs in the areas of corporate, micro and small business finance.
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Dr Xiehua Ji
Senior Lecturer in Finance
Xiehua Ji joined Birmingham City Business School in April 2017 as a Lecturer in Financial Services after completing his PhD and MSc at Durham University. Prior to his teaching experience and consultation experience at Durham University, he had industry experience in a commercial bank.
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Dr Muhammad Ibrahim Khan
Lecturer in Finance
Muhammad Ibrahim is a Lecturer in Finance at Birmingham City Business School. He holds a PhD degree in Finance from Birmingham City University. His topic of PhD was “Impact of earnings announcement on stock returns” to test the semi strong form of market efficiency. He is an experienced academic in teaching core modules of...
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Dr Md Rubel Khondoker
Lecturer in Finance
Dr Md Rubel Khondoker is a Lecturer in Finance at Birmingham City Business School. He holds a PhD in Finance from Middlesex University London and has spent the past six years teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has supervised PhD students and peer reviewer for world class journals. His research interests...
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Francis McGonigal
Senior Lecturer, Mathematics and Statistics
Francis McGonigal held several positions in industry as a programmer and systems analyst specialising in applying mathematical, statistical and operational research techniques. He has worked at Birmingham City University and its predecessor organisations since 1987, joining the Business School in 2010.