Department of Finance and Economics
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Dr Wahabalbari Ahmed
Senior Lecturer and Programme Director
Dr Wahabalbari Ahmed is a distinguished academic with over eight years of experience as a Senior Lecturer and Program Director at Birmingham City University. Dr Wahabalbari has a strong background in Islamic Finance, Business Economics, and Research Methodology.
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Dr Simeon Babatunde
Interim Deputy Head of College - Accountancy, Finance and Economics
Dr. Simeon A. Babatunde is a seasoned professional with over two decades of cumulative experience spanning various sectors, including Investment Banking, Asset Management, Consultancy, and other financial institutions. His extensive career has seen him in management roles, contributing both nationally and internationally. In...
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Pavan Chakravarthula
Lecturer in Finance
Pavan is a lecturer in Finance, specialising in Risk Management, FinTech and AI, and module leader for Risk Management for FinTech for MSc (AI) students. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Cost & Management Accountant. Pavan completed the International MBA from Birmingham City University before becoming a lecturer at...
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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 (Finance)
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 PhD 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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Samira Iltaf
Lecturer in Accounting
Samira is an ACCA-qualified accountant. She joined BCU in 2019 after working in practice for over 5 years. She is a Doctoral Candidate researching in Higher Education, a Lecturer in Accountancy, and a Course Leader of BSc Accounting and Finance in the college of Accounting, Finance, and Economics. She has taught many subjects...
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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...