Academic staff at the School of Finance and Management

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Dr Alberto Asquer

Public policy and management, especially in the political economy of regulation and regulatory reforms, public policy implementation, public management.

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Professor of International Management

Professor Reinhard Bachmann

Reinhard Bachmann’s research focuses on issues of Stratetegic Management, Organizational Analysis and Comparative Management.

Professor in Financial Economics

Professor Hong Bo

Firm investment decisions under uncertainty; capital market imperfections; corporate finance; corporate governance; financial economics; China.

Professor in Financial Economics

Professor Ciaran Driver

Theories of corporate governance; testing real-options theory; capital investment studies; policy.

Professor in Finance and Management for the Middle East

Professor Bassam Fattouh

Management in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), managerial systems and management of renewable and non-renewable resources in the Middle East (MSc), and Islamic banking and finance.

AXA Professor in Global Finance

Professor Victor Murinde

Mega Trends in Global Finance; Inclusive Finance; Financial Institutions, Markets and Instruments; Financial Modelling & Forecasting

Professor of Management Economics

Professor Christine Oughton

Industrial organisation and policy, innovation, sustainable development and corporate governance, including the governance and regulation of sport

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Reader in International Business and Marketing

Dr Ibrahim Abosag

Cross-cultural marketing, international consumer behaviour.

Reader in Marketing and Cultural Studies

Dr Senija Causevic

Critical management; critical marketing; (contested) heritage marketing, management and interpretation; experiential marketing; destination branding/marketing/representation; post-conflict cultural settings; Ottoman Empire; Balkans; India

Reader in International Management

Dr Orly Levy

Orly has extensive international experience and she has worked and conducted research in diverse cultural settings, including Australia, China, India, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and the United States.

Reader in Finance

Dr Jaideep Oberoi

Jaideep's research interests are in the field of risk management.

Reader in International Management

Dr Huan Zou

International and Chinese entrepreneurship, sustainable entrepreneurship, economic development and international business under climate change, internationalisation of emerging economy firms, creative industry and firm growth.

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Senior Lecturer in Financial Law

Dr Richard Alexander

Financial Services Law and regulation, control of economic crime, human rights law (especially European Convention on Human Rights – measures taken to fight organised and economic crime and terrorism), European Union Law

Reader in Public Policy and Management

Dr Alberto Asquer

Public policy and management, especially in the political economy of regulation and regulatory reforms, public policy implementation, public management.

Senior Lecturer in International Business & Management (China)

Dr Eunsuk Hong

Foreign Direct Investment, Emerging-Market Multinationals, Applied spatial econometrics, Chinese management/economy

Senior Lecturer in International Business and Management (Japan)

Dr Helen Macnaughtan

Helen joined SOAS in 2002 and lectures on economic, business, labour and HRM issues in contemporary Japan (and within a broader East Asian context). Her research interests focus on a broad range of topics relating to gender issues, employment and sport in Japan.

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Dr M. Kerem Coban

Comparative public policy, regulatory governance, public administration, international/comparative political economy, banking and financial regulation

Lecturer in Accounting

Dr Tolulola Lawal

Determinants and capital market implications of accounting information, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance.

Lecturer in Marketing

Dr Wenwei Li

Dr. Wenwei Li is an early career researcher and an alumna of SOAS, where she completed her PhD.

Lecturer in Finance

Dr Buhong Liu

Computational Finance, AI for Finance

Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

Dr Muhammad Tahir

Earnings Management, Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance, Family Businesses, Audit Quality, Green Sustainability and Carbon Accounting, Fund Management.

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Emeritus Professor of Economics

Professor Laurence Harris

Corporate Finance, Ethics and Finance, Central Banking and Macroeconomics.

Emeritus Professor

Professor Pasquale Scaramozzino

Macroeconomics; fiscal policy; applied econometrics

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Emeritus Professor of Economics

Professor Machiko Nissanke

International Economics (trade and finance), Finance and Development, North-South economic relations and South-South Economic Cooperation, Comparative Development experience in Asia and Africa, Globalisation, inequality and poverty.

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Professorial Research Associate

Professor Chris Adcock

Professor Chris Adcock is a Professorial Research Associate within the School of Finance and Management.

Professorial Research Associate

Professor Gary Schwarz

Public management, leadership, performance, innovation, strategy

Professorial Research Associate

Professor Laixiang Sun

Corporate finance and governance, comparative economics, integrated modelling, business management and Chinese economy

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Dr Angelica Sbardella

Dr Junhong Yang

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Senior Fellow

Bob Annibale

Bob Annibale is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Finance, SOAS University of London, focusing on social, sustainable and inclusive finance, social entrepreneurship, and financial justice.

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Dr Efthymios Rizopoulos

Efthymios joined the SOAS Centre for Global Finance in 2020, under the ESRC-DFID research project (ES/N013344/2) ‘Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth’.

Academic staff at the School of Finance and Management

Head of School

Dr Alberto Asquer

Professors

Professor Reinhard Bachmann

Professor Hong Bo

Professor Ciaran Driver

Professor Bassam Fattouh

Professor Victor Murinde

Professor Christine Oughton

Readers

Dr Ibrahim Abosag

Dr Senija Causevic

Dr Orly Levy

Dr Jaideep Oberoi

Dr Huan Zou

Senior lecturers

Dr Richard Alexander

Dr Alberto Asquer

Dr Eunsuk Hong

Dr Helen Macnaughtan

Lecturers

Dr M. Kerem Coban

Dr Tolulola Lawal

Dr Wenwei Li

Dr Buhong Liu

Dr Muhammad Tahir

Emeritus staff

Professor Laurence Harris

Professor Pasquale Scaramozzino

Associate members

Professor Machiko Nissanke

Professorial research associates

Professor Chris Adcock

Professor Gary Schwarz

Professor Laixiang Sun

Research associates

Dr Angelica Sbardella

Dr Junhong Yang

Research fellows

Bob Annibale

Dr Efthymios Rizopoulos

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