Hisham Farag
Professor of Finance, Head of Research at Birmingham Business School, and Director of Sustainable Financial Innovation Research Centre (SFiC), University of Birmingham
Hisham Farag is a Professor of Finance, Head of Research at Birmingham Business School, and Director of Sustainable Financial Innovation Research Centre (SFiC) at the University of Birmingham. His current research areas are Sustainable Finance, FinTech, Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance, in which he published widely in internationally renowned journals e.g., British Journal of Management, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, European Financial Management, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, European Journal of Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, and Corporate Governance: An International review among others. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Birmingham, UK. Hisham is a qualified Non-Executive Director and a member of the Investments sub-committee at the University of Birmingham. He has extensive industry experience as a financial consultant and a successful track record in attracting research funding from reputable institutions. Hisham is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investments and serves as an Associate Editor of the European Journal of Finance, Review of Corporate Finance, International Review of Economics & Finance, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Research in International Business & Finance and Business Ethics: the Environment & Responsibility.
- 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
- Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Oct 2021 - Present
- Member of the steering committee of the Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action (BISCA), Oct 2023 - Present
- Founding Director of the Sustainable Financial Innovation Research Centre – SFIC at the Birmingham Business School, Jan 2020 - Present
- Koirala, S, Rao, S, Farag, H. and Marshall, A. (2022). The Market for Corporate Control and Risk-Taking: Evidence from Global M&A Laws, British Journal of Management, 34(2), 997-1022. (ABS 4).
- Cumming, D.J., Farag, H, Johan, S and McGowan, D (2021). The Digital Credit Divide: Marketplace Lending and Entrepreneurship, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 57(7), 2659-2692. (ABS 4).
- Neupane, B, Thapa, C., Marshall, A, Farag, H and Neupane, S. (2021) Tax Threat and the Disruptive Market Power of Foreign Portfolio Investors. British Journal of Management, 33(3), 1468-1498. (ABS 4).
- Farag, H and Johan, S (2021). How Alternative Finance Informs Central Themes in Corporate Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, 67, 101879. (ABS 4).
