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Prof.Dr. FARAG, HISHAM

Prof. Dr. FARAG, Hisham is Professor of Finance at Birmingham Business School, and Director of Sustainable Financial Innovation Research Centre (SFiC) at the University of Birmingham. His current research areas are Sustainable Finance, FinTech, Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance, in which he published widely in internationally renowned journals e.g., British Journal of Management, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, European Financial Management, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, European Journal of Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, and Corporate Governance: An International review among others. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Birmingham, UK. Hisham is a qualified Non-Executive Director and a member of the Investments sub-committee at the University of Birmingham. He has extensive industry experience as a financial consultant and a successful track record in attracting research funding from reputable institutions. Hisham is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investments and serves as an Associate Editor of the European Journal of Finance, Review of Corporate Finance, International Review of Economics & Finance, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Research in International Business & Finance and Business Ethics: the Environment & Responsibility.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. HUSSAIN, NAZIM

Dr. Nazim Hussain, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor of Accounting at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He holds a PhD in Business Administration from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy. Dr. Hussain's research expertise lies in corporate sustainability performance, financial accounting, corporate governance, and greenwashing. With a distinguished academic career, Dr. Hussain has contributed extensively to understanding the intersection of sustainability and corporate finance. His research has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Environmental Management, British Journal of Management, and Energy Economics, among others. He has co-authored impactful works on topics like green finance, sustainability reporting, and the financial implications of corporate greenwashing. He serves on the editorial board of Political Economy and the advisory board of the Journal of Industrial and Business Economics.

Dr. Hussain is also an affiliated researcher at several prestigious institutions, including the University of Aberdeen in the UK and ESDES Business School in France. His work in guiding PhD candidates and his contributions to numerous international conferences reflect his dedication to advancing knowledge in corporate sustainability.

Prof.Dr. TEO, CHUNG PIAW

Prof. Dr. TEO, Chung Piaw is Provost’s Chair Professor and Executive Director of the Institute of Operations Research and Analytics (IORA) in the National University of Singapore. Prior to the current appointments, he was Head of Department, Acting Deputy Dean, Vice-Dean of the Research & Ph.D. Program as well as Chair of the Ph.D. Committee in the NUS Business School. He was a fellow in the Singapore-MIT Alliance Program, an Eschbach Scholar in Northwestern University (US), Professor in Sungkyunkwan Graduate School of Business (Korea), and a Distinguished Visiting Professor in YuanZe University (Taiwan).