About Me

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance and Banking at the Adelaide Business School, University of Adelaide. I am also the Program Director for Master of Accounting and Finance. Previously, I was a senior lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology, a Research Fellow at the Auckland Centre for Financial Research, and a Credit Risk Scoring Analyst at Citibank. I obtained my PhD from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

My research interests include financial markets, market quality, news announcements, investor sentiment, and applied econometrics. I have been research-active and have published in leading finance and economics journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Journal of Empirical Finance, among others. 

As testimonies of my research quality, I has been awarded the Emerging Researcher Award (2021) by the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law at Auckland University of Technology. I have also been awarded the Emerald Publishing Literati Award (2019), the SIRCA Best Paper Award (2018), and the NZESG RBNZ Research Award (2014). I have obtained grants from various institutions, including AUT, AARES, and AFAANZ. My work has also been featured in various media, including The Harvard Business Review, The Conversation, Business Insider, and Radio NZ the Panel Show with Wallace Chapman.

I have held visiting positions at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (2019), University of Lethbridge (2019), University of Luxembourg (2013), and presented in numerous conferences and seminars.

I am happily married and am blessed with a son. I enjoy bike commuting to work and riding on weekends.