Dr. Marizah Minhat,

Associate Professor

Biography

Dr Marizah Minhat is an AssociateProfessor in Finance and Economics. She holds a PhD, and an MSc in Banking andFinance from University of Stirling, and a Master of Laws in Financial Law andRegulation from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Shecompleted her undergraduate studies at Lincoln University, New Zealand. She is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and Fellow of Association ofChartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), as well as member of Malaysian Institute ofAccountants (MIA) and Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ). She is an elected Deputy Chair of ICAEW Scotland Board and has served as Tech Sub-GroupFacilitator. She is also a steering group member of ICAEW Digital Assets Working Party.

Dr Minhat was appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the LSE Law School where she completed a book on 'Cryptocurrency Risk and Governance Challenges' that was published by Routledge. She founded the Responsible FinTech (ResFinTech) Research Group and leads a core module in the MSc FinTech programmeat the University of Bradford. Her research projects on ‘Cryptocurrencies: Risk and Governance’ and 'Valuation of Digital Assets' are funded by a trust body of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). Another project on 'Tax on Cryptocurrencies' is funded by Malaysian Tax Research Foundation (MTRF) incollaboration with the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM).

As an Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA), she has served in various roles within higher education institutions in the UK with stints in Hong Kong and Singapore. She has published in finance, economics and human rights journals, andwider media. Her co-edited book entitled ‘Ethical Discourse in Finance:Interdisciplinary and Diverse Perspectives’ was published by PalgraveMacmillan during her previous role as Co-Director International Centre for Management and Governance Research (ICMGR). Her previous works and/or research interests are related tofinancial innovations (including stock options, credit derivatives, Islamicfinance, microfinance, and cryptocurrencies/cryptoassets/digital assets), financial regulationand governance including human rights, motivated mainly from economic andsocial perspectives.

Beyond academia, shehad delivered talks at several institutions including Bank Rakyat Malaysia,Confucius Institute for Scotland, Centre for Sustainability Hong Kong and TreasuryMarkets Association, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). She also participatedin stakeholder meetings of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Islamic Finance(APPGIF) at the House of Lords, UK Parliament. Prior to her academic career,she worked in Group Finance of a publicly listed government-linked energycompany in Malaysia.

Teaching

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