Centre staff
Director
Dr Abdul Ghafoor is the Director of the Centre for Accountancy, Finance, and Economics (CAFE) and serves as the Academic Lead for Finance at BCU's AFE College, alongside his role as the Lecturer of Finance at Birmingham City University (BCU). 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 finance, corporate governance, and corporate misconduct. His work is published in various international journals such as British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Finance Research Letters, and others.
Centre staff
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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 Charles Ambilichu
Senior Lecturer
Charles is a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) with more than a decade of industry experience. Prior to joining academia, Charles worked as consultant and auditor (external and internal) in accounting and audit firms, servicing clients across...
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Dr Simeon Babatunde
Deputy Head of the College of Accountancy, Finance and Economics (interim)
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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Dr Yasar Bayraktar
Lecturer in Accountancy
Yasar Bayraktar is Lecturer of Accountancy and Governance at Birmingham City University. Previously, he worked as a Asst. Prof. at Karadeniz Technical University. He served as a Deputy Head of Business Department and Head of Internship Commission. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Karadeniz Technical...
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Dr Abdul Ghafoor
Lecturer (Finance)
Abdul Ghafoor is Lecturer of Finance at Birmingham City University. 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 finance,...
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Professor David Higgins
Professor of Real Estate
Dr David Higgins is the Professor of Real Estate, Birmingham City University and past Visiting Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Xiamen University, China. David has worked in both industry and academia in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and China. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered...
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Mark Holmes
Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting
Mark has recently joined BCU after working at other local universities. Prior to moving into education Mark had spent a number of years at Ernst & Young LLP, where he became a Chartered Accountant (ICAS) working with a range of blue-chip clients and a focus on corporate tax. He then moved into education where he taught in...
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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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Ethel Inyang
Lecturer
Ethel Inyang is a lecturer in the department of Accountancy and Governance. Prior to joining BCU, she was a lecturer in the University of Calabar, Nigeria and an audit semi-senior with Deloitte. She has an MSc in Corporate strategy and governance from the University of Nottingham and is a member of the Association of...
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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.