Dr Md Shahidul Islam

Biography

Dr Shahidul Islam is a Lecturer in Accounting at Essex Business School. Prior to University of Essex, Shahidul held academic roles at Universities of Suffolk, De Montfort, Coventry and Dhaka. Shahidul obtained his PhD in Accounting from Cardiff University and MSc in Accounting and Finance from University of Manchester, both fully funded with prestigious scholarships. His research interests include corporate governance and sustainability performance, carbon finance, corporate political connections, executive characteristics, financial distress, stakeholder misconduct and violations, and audit regulations. Shahidul has presented his research papers in the reputed national and international research conferences such as the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) and Journal of Corporate Finance conference at EDHEC Business School in Paris. Shahidul published his research papers in leading internationally excellent peer-reviewed journals, including International Review of Financial Analysis; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting; Journal of Financial Stability; Energy Economics; International Journal of Finance and Economics; and Business Strategy and the Environment. Shahidul is a fellow of the UK's Higher Education Academy and a member of BAFA. As a module leader, lecturer and tutor, Shahidul has taught a wide range of modules both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including accounting (Financial and Management Accounting, Taxation, Auditing, IFRS-based Accounting and Quantitative Research Methods in Accounting and Finance), finance (Corporate Finance, and Financial Management) modules at a number of universities in the UK and Bangladesh. Prior to joining the academia, Shahidul's career started as a banker at Standard Chartered, a British multinational, for one year in 2006.

Qualifications

• PhD in Accounting Cardiff University,

• MSc in Accounting and Finance University of Manchester,

• MBA with Major in Accounting University of Dhaka,

• BBA (Hon's) in Accounting University of Dhaka,

Appointments

University of Essex

• Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Accounting, University of Essex (1/8/2022 - present)

Other academic

• Lecturer in Accounting, Suffolk Business School, University of Suffolk (2/2019 - 8/2022)

• Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University (1/9/2018 - 1/2/2019)

• Lecturer in Accounting, Coventry Business School, Coventry University (1/9/2016 - 1/8/2018)

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University (1/9/2013 - 1/6/2014)

• Assistant Professor of Accounting, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka (1/7/2011 - 1/8/2016)

• Lecturer in Accounting, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka (1/7/2007 - 1/6/2011)