1. Professor Robert Durand

Professor Robert Durand

School of Accounting, Economics and Finance

Faculty of Business and Law

Office of the Provost

Curtin Perth

Business and Physio

+61 8 9266 9971

Robert.Durand@curtin.edu.au

Professor Robert Durand,

BA (Hons), MBA, PhD 

Robert Durand was appointed as Professor of Finance at Curtin University in 2011.  Robert’s work focuses on empirical work investigating asset pricing models and behavioural finance. 

Asset pricing models are central to understanding firms’ cost of capital.  Robert’s work in this work on Australian data features amongst the most heavily cited work in this area. 

 Robert’s work on Behavioural Finance, which utilizes psychology to model the behaviour of financial markets, has attracted international attention.   For example, his work features amongst the most read and most cited articles published in the Journal of Behavioral Finance.   He has published over fifty articles in scholarly journals. 

Robert holds a BA (Hons.) from the University of Sydney, an MBA from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD from Murdoch University.

2. Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali

Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali

Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali is currently associated with UCSI University Kuala Lumpur in Graduate Business School. Before coming to UCSI University, he was working with Ziauddin University as Associate Professor of Finance, the Institute of Business Management (IoBM) as Assistant Professor of Finance in the Department of Accounting & Finance. He also worked with Iqra University as Assistant Professor/ Deputy Director Academics. Dr. Ali also worked for the banking sector which includes, MCB bank Ltd. and BankIslamic Pakistan Ltd. Dr. Ali received his BSc. Degree from the University of Karachi (UoK). He earned his MBA from IQRA University in finance. He completed his Ph.D. degree from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). His doctoral thesis was based on banking sector stability and performance.
Muhammad Ali’s teaching interests include business mathematics, business statistic, quantitative analysis, business finance, behavioral finance, finance for managers, corporate finance, Islamic banking and writing research projects. Dr. Ali has supervised many undergraduate and graduate- level students. His primary research interest is in the field of financial econometrics, Corporate finance, Financial Inclusion, Fintech, behavioral finance, and Islamic banking. He has a good command of primary and secondary datasets along with the handling of various statistical tools such as E-views, STATA, Smart PLS and SPSS.
Dr. Ali has published several research articles in Islamic banking, customer adoption, mobile banking, banking stability, banking performance, Islamic financial products, human capital and financial development in quality peered review and impact factor journals. He has presented several research articles at international conferences and organized many international conferences and workshop programs. Dr. Ali is a guest editor of Energy Efficiency Journal (Impact factor 1.81) published by Springer Publisher on a theme of A Sustainable Financial Inclusion for Transition to Low Carbon Energy Sources: Global Perspective; Guest editor International Journal of Social Economics (Emerald, ABDC, ESCI and Scopus) for Financial Inclusion and Social Development; Guest editor International Journal of Educational Management for Micro-credential as a digital enabler for higher education ecosystems. He is also editor of two Emerald books.
I. PERSONAL

Full Name: Dr. Muhammad Ali
Office Address: UCSI University, Tmn Connaught, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Finance
Mobile contact: +92 300 2293688; +60 108830920
Email: alisaleem_01@yahoo.com
Nationality: Pakistani

II. AREA OF EXPERTISES
• Banking and Finance
• Financial Econometrics
• Financial Inclusion
• Financial Accounting
• Behavioral Finance
• Islamic Banking
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Management

III. EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
2020
Research Fellow at University of Malaya, Malaysia
2018
Doctor of Philosophy (Finance) at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia.
2012
Master of Business Administration (Finance) at Iqra University, Karachi Pakistan.
2006
Bachelors in science (BSc) at University of Karachi, Pakistan.

IV. WORKING EXPERIENCES
Jan 2022- Present: Assistant Professor of Finance at UCSI University Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jun 2021- Dec 2021: Chairperson/ Assistant Professor of Finance at Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan
Jan 2020- Jun 2021: Assistant Professor of Finance at Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan
Feb 2018- Jan 2020: Assistant Professor/ Deputy Director Academics at Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Jan 2017- Jan 2018: Lecturer/ Manager Research and Publications at Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Feb 2012- Dec 2016: Lecturer at Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Courses taught at undergraduate level:
Introduction to Business Finance
Analysis of Financial Statements
Business Math’s
Business Statistics
Quantitative Analysis
Statistical Inference
Research Methodology
Research Project
Courses taught at the graduate level:
Finance for Managers
Financial Statement Analysis
Quantitative Techniques
Business Analytics
Behavioral Finance
Financial Management Policy
Research Methodology
Thesis
Courses taught at the graduate level:
Theories in Finance
Research Method
Topics in Finance