Prof Mahbub Zaman| Profile
Mahbub Zaman (BA Hons LSB, MA Essex, PhD Manchester) is Professor of Accounting at Hull University, UK. He has internationally recognised expertise in corporate governance, sustainability, auditing and assurance, and coroporate reporting.
Previously, he was Professor at QUT, Brisbane, Australia and Associate Professor and PhD Programme Director at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK.
His Visiting/Honorary Professor postions include: Australia - Deakin University, Melbourne; Canada - UQAM Montreal; Denmark - Aarhus University; Malaysia - University of Malaya; New Zealand - Massey University; USA - University of Florida.
His contributions to senior level university leadership includes experience as member of the Faculty Leadership Team as well as: Chair, Faculty of Business Law and Politics Professoriate; Director, Early Careers Academics (FBLP); University Senate Member; University Research Committee Member.
He has internationally recognised expertise, acquired over nearly two decades of research and teaching, in Auditing, Corporate Governance and Sustainability. His experience includes:
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Professor of Auditing and Corporate Governance; Head of Research, School of Accountancy; Leader of the Auditing & Financial Reporting Group, QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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Associate Professor and Director PhD (A&F) Programme, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK and appointments at University of Glasgow, University of Exeter and Aberystwyth University.
- External Examiner (BSc and MSc programmes): Birmingham, Bradford, Durham, Glasgow, Hull, Nottingham.
- Chief External Examiner: Open University UK.
Professor Zaman has published in leading journals including:
- Journal of Banking & Finance
- Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
- Journal of Business Ethics
- Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
- Critical Perspectives in Accounting
- Corporate Governance: International Review
- British Accounting Review
- Business Strategy and the Environment
- International Journal of Auditing
- Journal of Management & Governance
Focusing on the intersection of auditing, reporting and governance and using mixed methods (archival, survey and qualitative) and multiple (agency, institutional and power) theoretical perspectives he brings novel insights to the literature and contributes to understanding of issues relevant to policy and practice. His key contributions and on-going research relate to audit committee and board effectiveness, audit quality, auditor reporting, standard setting and regulation, governance and sustainability.
Research Leadership:
- Published in internationally leading journals with 3,700+ Google Scholar citations, including over 1,300 for his five papers on audit committees, sustainability and governance.
- Expertise and interests include: audit committees, audit quality, auditor reporting, board effectiveness, sustainability, internal audit, risk management, standard setting and regulation.
- Research funding from Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and QUT High Potential Research Grant (HPRG).
- Supervised 15+ PhD and numerous Masters students; examined 25+ PhD students.