Doctorate of Business Administration (Corporate Finance), Newcastle Business School, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK (2012)
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), CFA Institute, USA (2002)
Master of Economics (Thesis field: financial economics), University of Malaya (1998)
B.A (Economics - First Class Honours), University of Malaya (1996)
Working Experience
Dean, Faculty of Business, Communication and Law, INTI International University (2016- 2017)
University senate member, INTI International University (2016-2017)
Associate & Deputy Dean, Faculty of Business, Communication and Law, INTI International University (2014-2016)
Head of Programme/Discipline in Finance, Faculty of Business, Communication and Law (dual award partnership with University of Hertfordshire), INTI International University (2004-2009), (2013-2015)
Assistant Head in Finance, 2003-2004, Faculty of Business & Accountancy, INTI International University
Head of Programme, Victoria University of Wellington twinning programme, Nilai University (2002)
Research Experience
INTI Research Grant: INT-FOBCAL-01-01-2015 (2015-2016)
XMUM Research Grant: XMUMRF/2018-C2/ISEM/0008 (2018-2020)
FRGS Grant: FRGS/1/2020/SS01/MMU/02/4 (2020-2022)
Representative Publications
‘Exploring herding behavior in an innovative-oriented stock market: evidence from ChiNext’ (with Zhuang Z., Toh, MY., Ong TS., and Teh BH.), Journal of Applied Economics, 25(1), 2022.
‘The impact of Green Bonds on Corporate Environmental and Financial Performance’ (with Yeow KE.), Managerial Finance, 47(10), 2021.
‘Dividend Payout Policies in the Pre and Post-Split Share Structure Reform in China’ (with Zhao Y.), Cogent Economics and Finance, 9(1), 2021.
‘Local Bias and Performance of Venture Capital Institutions: Evidence from the Chinese Venture Capital Market’ (with Fu Y.), Journal of Asia Business Studies, 15(1), 2020.
‘Environmental Capabilities and Environmental Innovations of Manufacturing Firms in Malaysia’ (with Ong TS., Lee AS. & Teh BH.), Indonesian Journal of Sustainability Accounting and Management, 4(1), 2020.
‘Does IPO Prospectus in Malaysia Disclose Relevant Risk?’ (with Lee CS.), Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 11(4), 2019.
‘Does Environmental Reporting Matter?’ (with Teh BH. & Ong TS.), Journal of Developing Areas, 53(3), 2019.
‘The Impact of Working Capital Management on Firm’s Profitability: Evidence from Malaysian Listed Manufacturing Firms’ (with Chen Y.) International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 7(3), 2017.
‘Do Changes in Index Composition Affect the Stock Prices and Trading Volume? The Case of a Shariah-Compliant Index in Malaysia’ (with Zhu X.), Capital Market Review, 24 (2), 2016.
‘An Empirical Study of Auditors Switching, Corporate Governance and Financial Performances of Malaysian Public Listed Companies (PLCs)’ (with Adedeji BS. & Ong TS.), Jurnal Pengurusan, 47(Sept), 2016.
‘Environmental Management System and Financial Performance’ (with Ong TS. & Teh BH.), Institutions and Economies, 8(2), 2016.
‘The Effects of Corporate Group Affiliation to Firm Performance in Malaysia’, Journal of Finance and Financial Services, 2 (1), 2015.
‘Stock Return, Currency and General Elections’ (with Ong TS., Soh WN. and Teh BH.), Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities, 23(S), 2015.
‘Exploring the Relationship between ‘Other Block-holders’ and the Performance of Family- controlled Corporations in Malaysia’, Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 7(2), 2015.
‘How Does Group Affiliation Affect the Diversification Performance of Family-controlled Firms in Malaysia? – A Governance Perspective’, Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance, 10(2), 2014.
‘Corporate Governance and Its Impact on the Efficiency of Generating Financial Performance: Evidence from the Oil and Gas Industry of Malaysia’ (with Ong TS. & Teh BH.), Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal, 9(2), 2014.
‘Profit Redistribution in Family-controlled, Group-affiliated Publicly-listed Corporations in Malaysia’ (with Shrives P. & Yeoh K.), Corporate Ownership and Control, 10(3), 2013.
‘Corporate Governance in Malaysia: A Glass Half Full?’ (with Yeoh K.), Indian Journal of Corporate Governance, 5(2), 2012.
‘Whither the Political Involvement in Business?’, Contemporary Social Sciences, 21(3), 2012.
‘Factor Influencing the Performance of Family-controlled, Publicly-listed Firms in Malaysia’ (with Shrives P., Yeoh K. & Lau CK.), Review of Integrative Business & Economics Research, 1(1), 2012.
Honors / Awards
Best Paper Award - 14th Asian Academy of Management International Conference, organised by Asian Academy of Management (AAM) in collaboration with Universiti Sains Malaysia.
External Examiner and Advisory Panel at several IPTS
OUM Adjunct Professor 2019-2020
Postgraduate thesis supervision, 2012-present
Undergraduate thesis supervision, 2000-present
Best Paper Award - 10th Asian Academy of Management International Conference, organised by Asian Academy of Management (AAM) and Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Best Paper Award - Inaugural International Conference of Finance and Financial Services 2014 organised by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Nominee of Best Paper award - 16th Malaysian Finance Association Conference, organised by Malaysian Finance Association (MFA) and Universiti Malaya.
CFA Society Malaysia auditor, 2015-2017
CFA Society Malaysia – Advocacy committee, 2013-2015
CFA Program trainer and consultant – MIM and NOESIS Academy, 2003-2011
Outstanding Student Evaluation Award – INTI International University (2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Best Lecturer Award in CFA training course at Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM)- IMS (2005 and 2006)
Doctoral Scholarship Award from INTI International University in collaboration with Northumbria University (2008)
SEDA Professional Development Named Award, United Kingdom (2006).
CFA Program Professor Scholarship Award, CFA Institute (1999-2001)
University Book Prize Award, University of Malaya (1996)
