Hisham Farag
Professor of Finance, Birmingham Business School
Hisham Farag is a professor of Finance at Birmingham Business School. His research focuses on topics related to Corporate Finance, FinTech, Sustainable Finance and Corporate Governance. He received his PhD in Finance from Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. He is an ERF research fellow.
Areas of Interest:
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- FinTech and Sustainable Finance
- PhD in Finance, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK, 2012
- PhD in Business Administration (Finance), Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration, Helwan University, Egypt, 2004
- MSc in Finance, Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, 1999
- BSc in Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Egypt, 1992
- Founding Director of the Sustainable Financial Innovation Research Centre – SFiC at the Birmingham Business School,Jan2020-Present
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Member of the Investment sub- committee at the University of Birmingham, May 2019-present.
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Head of Department of Finance, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, May 2018-present.
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Professor of Finance, Birmingham Business School, Department of Finance, University of Birmingham, 2018 – present.
- Farag, H and DG Dickinson (2020). The Power of Connections: Evidence from Financial Companies, Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.
- Thapa, C., Rao, S, Farag, H. and Koirala, S. (2020). Access to internal capital, creditor rights and corporate borrowing: Does group affiliation matter? Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.
