Dr. Rohail Hassan

Dr. Rohail Hassan is Senior Lecturer of Corporate Governance and Finance at Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business (OYAGSB), Universiti Utara Malaysia. Rohail received his undergraduate education in Management Sciences at University of The Punjab in 2010; at the same University, he earned his Master of Philosophy degree in 2012, and Doctor of Philosophy in Management with a concentration on Corporate Governance/Board Diversity in 2019 from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS in Malaysia. He secured a fully-funded scholarship by Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia for his Ph.D. studies. His research on corporate governance, women empowerment, gender-related issues, diversity and Inclusion, gender diversity, diversity management, boards of directors, financial management, big data, financial analytics, firm performance, and strategy. Dr. Rohail has been published his research in leading management journals such as Journal of Management and Organization, Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, Economics Bulletin, Journal of International Women's Studies, Journal of Risk and Financial Management and International Journal of Financial Studies. In total, he has published over 37 refereed journal articles to date.

Currently, Rohail is working in the capacity of Series Editor titled as “Big Data for Industry 4.0: Challenges and Applications - Taylor & Francis Group. Rohail is also serving as an International Editorial Board Member to Journal of Risk and Financial Management, and Editor of Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews, and Reviewer to several prestigious academic journals such as Journal of Management & Organization (JMO), International Journal of Finance and Economics (IJFE), Applied Economics incorporating Applied Financial Economics, Sustainability, and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Before joining Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in 2019, Rohail has worked eight years in the industry, academia, and research. In industry, he worked with multinational companies in a managerial capacity about three years. In academia, he taught both at postgraduate and undergraduate levels in various universities in addition to supervising research projects. Rohail is a Certified Lead Auditor / Professional Trainer and management consultant in the area of Corporate Governance, Panel Data Analysis, Inferential Statistics, strategy research and STATA software among others. Besides, he is a Member of The American Finance Association (AFA).