Biography

Dr Umar is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Al Ain University, United Arab Emirates. He is a versatile academic with over 10 years of teaching, administrative and regulatory experience for tertiary programs (undergraduate and postgraduate). He graduated from Lincoln University, New Zealand with a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance. Recently, he completed his post-Doctoral fellowship from the Lincoln University, New Zealand. He was awarded Lincoln University Doctoral Scholarship and Lincoln University Summer Research Scholarship. He has published refereed articles in leading international accounting and finance journals. He is a reviewer for several international journals and served as conference chair for multiple international conferences. He has presented his research work at various international conferences; he won the outstanding paper award at 17th Global Business Research Conference, Tokyo, Japan. He has supervised a number of MBA and MPhil students. Besides academia, he also worked as Quality Assurance and Accreditation Expert for more than 10 years at the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC). HEC is a regulatory body for the higher educational institutions of Pakistan, with core functionalities involve fundings to universities, oversee, regulate, and accredit the higher educational institutions of Pakistan.

Education

• Post-Doctorate, Finance, Lincoln University, New Zealand.
• Ph.D. Accounting & Finance, Lincoln University, New Zealand.
• Master of Philospohy, Government and Public Policy, National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• MBA, Finance, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Research Interests

•  Cash management, Working Capital Management, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Energy, Firm Performance, Investments, and Islamic Finance

Selected Publications

• Choudhury, T., Kayani, U. N., Gul, A., Haider, S. A., & Ahmad, S. (2023). Carbon emissions, environmental distortions, and impact on growth. Energy Economics, 107040.
• Hasan, F., Kayani, U. N., & Choudhury, T. (2023). Behavioral Risk Preferences and Dividend Changes: Exploring the Linkages with Prospect Theory Through Empirical Analysis. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 1-19.
• Hasan, F., Al-Okaily, M., Choudhury, T., & Kayani, U. (2023). A comparative analysis between FinTech and traditional stock markets: using Russia and Ukraine war data. Electronic Commerce Research, 1-26. 
• Hassan, M. K., Aysan, A. F., Kayani, U. N., & Choudhury, T. (2023). Working capital as a firm performance savior? Evidence from Scandinavian countries. Research in International Business and Finance, 65, 101959.
• Kayani, U. N., Gan, C., Choudhury, T., & Arslan, A. (2023). Working capital management and firm performance: evidence from emerging African markets. International Journal of Emerging Markets.
• Iqbal, U., Nadeem, M., Gull, A. A., & Kayani, U. N. (2022). Environmental innovation and firm value: The moderating role of organizational capital. Journal of Environmental Management, 316, 115253. 
• Kayani, U. N., Arif, M., & Hoang, K. (2021). Chairman age and corporate diversification: The cases of old and powerful captains in Chinese firms. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 31, 100534.
• Kayani, U. N., De Silva, T. A., & Gan, C. (2021). Corporate Governance and Working Capital Management - Inclusive Approach for Measuring the Firm Performance. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 24(02), 2150015.
• Kayani, U. N., De Silva, T. A., & Gan, C. (2019). Working capital management and corporate governance: a new pathway for assessing firm performance. Applied Economics Letters, 26(11), 938-942

Conferences

• Does Chairman Education Matters to accounting quality? Evidence from Chinese firms. Presented at of the International Society for Advancement of Financial Economics Conference, 2022.
• CEO Compensation And Say On Pay: Does Ceo-To-Employee Pay Ratio Matters? Presented at 4th International Virtual Conference TASK 4, 2021, Al Falah University, Dubai, UAE.
• Investigating The Impact Of Covid-19 on Financial Aspects of Businesses: Evidence from the Developed & Emerging Market. Presented at 4th International Virtual Conference TASK 4, 2021, Al Falah University, Dubai, UAE.
• Does Working Capital Management Matter? An Empirical Investigation of Australasian Firms in the Context of the Global Financial Crisis 2008. Presented at 17th Global Business Research Conference, 2018, Tokyo, Japan.
• Does working capital management affect firm performance in New Zealand? A Dynamic Panel Estimation. Presented at 9th NZ Management and Accounting Conference, 2017 at Canterbury University, New Zealand, Christchurch.
• Working Capital Management -A Systematic Literature Review.1st International Conference on Advances In Business, Management, and Law (ICABML-2017) 25th & 26th November 2017, Dubai Business School, University of Dubai, Dubai,UAE,
• Mobility of Pakistani students towards Turkey presented at IKDER economics Association, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey (Conference).

Teaching Courses

Corporate Finance, Financial Engineering, Financial Statement Analysis, and Risk Management and Insurance. 

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  

 

Memberships

• Fellowship, Commercial Education Society of Australia (CESA).  
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Pakistan.