Keynote Speakers
Prof. Wayne Hochwarter
Professor of Business Administration - Florida State University
Title of talk: Helping society deal with the PTSD pandemic: How scholars and leaders can help make sense in a world where little exists.
Wayne Hochwarter, Ph.D. is the Melvin T. Stith Endowed Professor or Business Administration and a Research Fellow at the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship at Florida State University. Also, he is an Honorary Professor in the Faber School of Business at the Australia Catholic University. He has over 200 research articles and book chapters published in outlets which include the Academy of Management Review, Administrative Sciences Quarterly, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, the Journal of Management and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
Professor Mounther H. Barakat
Professor of Finance - New York University Abu Dhabi
Title of talk: Financial Markets in Times of Crises, Technological Advances and Governmental Policies
Professor Mounther Barakat is a professor of Finance at NYUAD. Following are the main features of his qualifications and expertise:
Earned his PhD degree in Finance from Oklahoma State University in 2003 (Corporate Taxes and Capital Structure).
A Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Institute.
A charter holder and a member of the Investment Performance Measurement Association (CIPM).
A Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM holder and a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals - GARP).
A certified Anti Money Laundry Specialist (CAMS holder from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundry Specialists - ACAMS).
A chartered Alternative Investments Analyst and a member of the CAIA.
Worked as a professional for reputable Investment Banking firms in the US in areas of Valuation and Research Analysis.
Great expertise in market classifications by international index providers like MSCI, IOSCO principles, their Implementation by securities regulators and assessment by the IMF FSAP program, FATCA agreements and FATF principles and assessments.
Islamic Capital Market strategy and implementation plans and the standards of the IFSB and AAOIFI.
Involved in the regulation and supervision of financial market products, mechanisms and services.
Teach Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing and Derivatives, and Islamic Finance.
Authored refereed financial research. Published one book along with many professional, academic and practitioner works in top refereed journals in the US and in the proceedings of many conferences.
Sat on dissertation committees for PhD and Masters students in a number of universities in the US and the Middle East.
Delivered numerous training and awareness workshops for financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds and governmental bodies locally and internationally.
Worked as a freelance consultant for many institutions including the Government of Dubai, and the Palestine Securities Exchange, and the Islamic Society of the Greater Houston Area among others.
Registered as a financial expert at the courts of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Professor Maura L. Scott
Professor of Marketing – Florida State University
Title of talk: May the Force Be With You: Marketing Research Can Be a Positive Force to Advance Individual, Societal, and Environmental Well-Being
Dr. Maura L. Scott is the Persis E. Rockwood Professor of Marketing at Florida State University. Her research interests include consumer behavior, consumer and societal well-being, public policy, and services marketing. Her research examines how to help improve consumers’ financial, health, and food decisions, particularly among vulnerable populations.
Maura is Joint Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing (JPP&M). She also serves as Associate/Area Editor for the Journal of Consumer Research (JCR), Journal of Marketing Research, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. She is an Editorial Review Board member of leading journals including the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Psychology, and Journal of Retailing.
Maura is the President of the American Marketing Association’s Academic Council. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for Consumer Research (ACR).
Her research is published in leading scholarly journals including the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Service Research, Journal of Economic Psychology, and Appetite, among others.
Maura’s work has been recognized with awards, including the Thomas C. Kinnear Best Paper Award (JPP&M), the AMA-EBSCO-RRBM Award for Responsible Research, and a Robert Ferber Research Award Honorable Mention (JCR). She also won the Williams-Qualls-Spratlen Award for Multicultural Mentoring.
Her work has been mentioned in leading outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Forbes, Fast Company and Entrepreneur. It has also been covered in lifestyle magazines such as Women’s Health, Allure, Shape, Prevention, Consumer Reports and Good Housekeeping.
Maura’s industry background includes marketing management positions at 3M, Dial Corporation, and Motorola. Maura has taught undergraduate consumer behavior, marketing management, marketing principles, and marketing strategy, and doctoral seminars in consumer behavior theory and research methods.
Email: Maura.Scott@fsu.edu
Web: https://business.fsu.edu/person/maura-l-scott
Professor Dima Rachid Jamali
Dean & Professor of Business Administration - University of Sharjah
Title of talk: Evolving Trends in Higher Education: Sustainability in Focus.
Dima Jamali is currently serving as Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Sharjah, UAE. She has an amazing academic career, having been in academia for over 20 years, primarily at the American University of Beirut (AUB), where she served as Tenured Professor and Associate Dean for the Olayan School of Business (OSB) and Director for Strategic Partnerships for the University. She made her way fast track through the ranks to Full Professor in 2010 and Endowed Chair in Responsible Leadership in 2014. Starting in 2015, she has founded and served as President and National Representative for the UN Global Compact Network Lebanon (GCNL), a network of businesses committed to advancing Sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Lebanon. She has a PhD in Social Policy and Administration, from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, a Masters in Sociology from San Jose State University, CA and a BA in Public Administration from AUB, Lebanon. Her research and teaching revolve primarily around Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Social Entrepreneurship (SE) and Family Business. She is the author/editor of seven books (CSR in the Middle East – Palgrave, 2012; Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East – Palgrave, 2015; Development Oriented CSR – Greenleaf, 2015; Comparative Perspectives on Global Corporate Social Responsibility – IGI- 2016; Handbook of Responsible Management – Edward Elgar 2019; CSR in Developing and Emerging Economies: Institutions and Sustainable Development – Cambridge University Press 2019 and Corporate Governance in Arab Countries: Specifics and Outlooks, NTER Press 2019) and over 100 international publications, which are highly circulated and cited on an international scale.
Dr. Jamali recently made it to the Stanford list of the top 2% most influential scholars globally for two consecutive years being recognized as a unique and highly ranked talent in her field.
Professor Alnoor Bhimani
Honorary Dean – Suleman Dawood School of Business, LUMS and Professor of Accounting – London School of Economics
Title of Talk: Does global turbulence impact research paradigms?
Speaker Profile: Dr. Alnoor is a Professor of Management Accounting. He has also headed the Department of Accounting at London School of Economics (LSE) during his 30 years’ service at the institution. His academic work and research interests include management accounting in the digital economy, international comparative financial management, strategic finance, the socio-cultural analysis of accounting systems and aspects of globalization, governance and financial management, entrepreneurship and economic growth. Dr. Alnoor is an advocate for quality education and innovation; an accomplished scholar and a dedicated teacher. At LSE, he taught the first course ever on Internet Entrepreneurship. He has authored over 100 publications including bestselling books in financial management, technology and digitization. He is connected with tech-entrepreneurs and sits on business school Advisory Boards in Africa, America, Europe and Asia. He holds an Undergraduate degree from King’s College London UK, an MBA from Cornell University USA where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He has also obtained a PhD from London School of Economics UK. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant from Canada. In 2016, Professor Bhimani was conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Science in Economics and Business Administration by the University of Aalto in Finland. The degree was in recognition of his research leadership in management accounting and its impact on the research agenda and orientation of the field across Europe.
Professor R. Michael Holmes Jr.
Professor of Strategic Management – Florida State University
Title of talk:The impact of the pandemic on strategic management and international business: A fundamental shift or business as usual?
Dr. R. Michael Holmes Jr. is the Jim Moran Professor of Strategic Management in the Department of Management at Florida State University. He also serves as the coordinator for the Management Department’s doctoral programs at Florida State. In addition, Michael holds an appointment at the University of Johannesburg. Michael’s research focuses on the psychological foundations of strategy and entrepreneurship and on the origins of institutions and their implications for management. It has been published in Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Perspectives, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Strategic Management Journal, among other outlets. Several media outlets have abstracted his research, he has presented his work at universities and conferences in more than a dozen countries, and he recently has published papers on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on strategic management and international business. Michael served as the Secretary of the Academy of Management’s Strategic Management for eleven years, and he serves currently on the Editorial Review Boards for Journal of Management and Group and Organizational Management. He has been nominated for, or has won, several awards for his research, teaching, and service. Michael received his B.S. from the University of Alabama and his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.
