Dr. Nazam Dzolkarnaini,

Associate Professor

Biography

Dr Nazam Dzolkarnaini is an Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance. He is an experienced academicwith accountancy and financial planning career before embarking academicpathway. He is a Chartered Accountant Fellow (FCA) of the CharteredAccountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), a Certified FinancialPlanner (CFP) with CFP Board of Standards, Inc., USA and a Fellow of theHigher Education Academy (FHEA). His research expertise incorporate finance and corporate governance is directing towards interdisciplinarydiscourses of socio-economic issues including the ethics of financial industry,the underprivilege and inclusive society, sustainability goals and financialinclusion, and the sociotechnical impact and risks of financial innovationsincluding FinTech, blockchain technology and cryptoassets. He has wideengagement with professional bodies, industry practitioners, charities andsocieties, and policymakers. He promotes public and community development inhis role as a Founding Director, Chairman and Trustee of the Ethical Financeand Investment Research (EFAIR) Foundation. He was called to attend the Stakeholdersmeeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Islamic and EthicalFinance at the House of Lords, UK Parliament. He sits as Governanceand Technical Adviser of Ansar Finance, a charity providing non-interestbased financial assistantship in the UK. He has been invited speaking at variousorganisations including the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), IslamicDevelopment Bank (IDB), Central Bank of Malaysia (BNM), BankRakyat Malaysia, Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), UKTrade and Investment Forum, and Rizvi Institute of Management Studies& Research Mumbai. He has published his research works in a number ofacademic journals, books and book chapters, and also a regular contributor of opinion pieces inprofessional publications and financial dailies including The MalaysianReserve (in partnership with The New York Times). His most recentco-edited book on Ethical Discourse in Finance: Interdisciplinary andDiverse Perspectives has the Foreword penned by the late Lord Sheikh of Houseof Lords, UK Parliament.