Saeed Akbar

Biography

Saeed Akbar is Professor of Accounting and Finance, and Head of Accounting, Finance and Economics Department at the University of Bradford. He has previously served as Dean of the School of Management, at the University of Bradford. He holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance from the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, an MA from the University of Liverpool, and a BBA and MBA from the University Peshawar. He is a Qualified Accountant and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants [CIMA], with the titles 'FCMA and CGMA'. Prior to joining the University of Bradford, he was a Professor in Accounting and Finance, and Head of Accounting and Finance Subject Group at the Hull University Business School, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the University of Liverpool, and MBA tutor at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. His research output has been published extensively in leading international journals, such as, Journal of Business Ethics, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, The British Accounting Review, Accounting Forum, The International Journal of Accounting, International Review of Financial Analysis, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Journal of Business Research, Business Strategy and the Environment, and International Journal of Management Reviews, amongst others.   His main research area covers the relationship between accounting information and stock prices, while his other broad areas of research expertise include performance measurement, corporate governance and risk, empirical finance, accounting regulation, green banking, and sustainable development.

Research

Capital Markets Research in Accounting, Accounting disclosure and Regulation, Accounting Valuation of Intangible Assets, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Empirical Finance, Performance Measurement, and Net Zero - Productivity and Sustainability.

Research collaborator

• Accounting and Finance (University of Kent)
• Sustainable Accounting (University of Southampton)
• Corporate Governance, Ethics, and Sustainable Fiance (University of Sheffield)
• Accounting anmd Finance (University of Manchester)
• Accounting and Finance (University of Warwick)
• PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT (Aston University)
• Accounting and Finance (University of Liverpool)
• Accounting and Finance (Open University)

Teaching

Accounting and Finance

Modules

• Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance - AFE7505-B
• Strategic Management Accounting - AFE7506-B

Professional activities

Publications