Editorships

Editorship

• Editor Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (since 2021).

Associate Editorships

• Associate Editor of the European Journal of Finance (since 2005).

• Associate Editor of the British Accounting Review (since 2008).

• Associate Editor of the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (since 2011).

• Associate Editor of Finance Research Letters (since 2015).

• Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Stability (since 2019).

Editorial Board Memberships

• Editorial Board of Journal of Accounting and Finance (since 2005).

• Editorial Board of European Research Studies Journal (since 2008).

• Editorial Board of Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (since 2010).

• Editorial Board of the Journal of Financial Economic Policy (since 2010).

• Editorial Board of Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance (since 2016).

• Editorial Board of Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions (since 2017).

Guest Editorships

• Guest editor (with Allen Berger & Phil Molyneux) on a Journal of Corporate Finance special issue on Banks and the Real Economy, 2020.

• Guest editor (with George Panos) on a European Journal of Finance special issue on Financial Literacy and Responsible Finance in the FinTech Era: Capabilities and Challenges, 2020, volume 26, issue 4-5.

• Guest editor (with Phil Molyneux) on a British Accounting Review special issue on Contemporary Issues in Banking, 2017, volume 20, Issue 2.

• Guest editor (with Barbara Casu & Daniella Fabrii) on a European Journal of Finance special issue on Emerging issues in Financial Markets and Institutions, 2014, volume 20, Issue 10.

• Guest editor (with M. Shahid Ebrahim, Marwan Izzeldin, & Phil Molyneux) on a Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization special issue on Banking and Financial Sector Risk and Performance, 2013, volume 85, issue 1.

• Guest editor (with Claudia Girardone & Philip Hamill) on a European Journal of Finance special issue on Further Contemporary issues in Financial Markets and Institutions, 2013, volume 19, Issue 9.

• Guest editor (with Barbara Casu & David McMillan) on a European Journal of Finance special issue on Contemporary issues in Financial Markets and Institutions, 2011, volume 17, Issue 9-10.

• Guest editor (with Phil Molyneux) on a Journal of Banking & Finance special issue on Developments in European Banking, 2007, volume 31, issue 7.

• Guest editor (with Donal McKillop) on a Public Money & Management special issue on Financial Exclusion. 2007, volume 27, issue 1.

• Guest editor (with Donal McKillop) on a Managerial Finance special issue on Co-operative Financial Institutions, 2006, volume 31, issue 11.

Committee Memberships

• Member of Quality Assurance Agency Review Group for Finance benchmark statements (2014 & 2024).

• Member of the 2021 Research Evaluation Framework (REF) Sub-panel 17: Business and Management Studies. 

• Member of the Committee of Professor of Accounting and Finance, CPAF (since 2020). 

• Member of Scientific Advisory Board of the Academic Journal Guide, (ABS journal rankings list) Chartered Association of Business Schools (since 2012).

• Member of Steering Committee of Financial Intermediation Network of European Studies (since 2012).

• Treasurer of British Accounting and Finance Association (2009-2010).

• General Secretary of British Accounting and Finance Association (2010-2011).

• Founding Chair of British Accounting and Finance Association special interest group Financial Markets and Institutions (2007-2018).

• Member of British Accounting and Finance Association Executive Committee (2007-2018).

• Member of Institute of Financial Services Academic Board (2010-2016).

• Member of ESRC Peer Review College (since 2010).

• External evaluator for the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.

• Member of Wolpertinger Management Committee (since 2011-2018).

• Member of Quality Assurance Agency Review Group for Finance and Accounting benchmark statements (2014).

• Research Assessor for the Carnegie Trust (since 2014).

Best Paper Prizes

Bureau van Dijk Moody’s Analytics prize at 34th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference (AFBC) for a paper entitled Liquidity Regulation and Bank Risk, 2022.

8th EFiC Conference for a paper entitled Taxation and Bank Liquidity Creation, 2024.

Conference Activities

• Co-organiser of the 'Emerging Scholars in Banking & Finance' Conference, 2009.

• Co-organiser of the 'Emerging Scholars in Banking & Finance' Conference, 2010.

• Co-organiser of the Financial Sector Performance and Risk (Post-Crisis) Conference, Bangor, 2011.

• Organiser of International Track at the Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Key West, Florida, 2011.

• Co-organiser of the 'Emerging Scholars in Banking & Finance' Conference, 2012.

• Co-organiser of the 'Emerging Scholars in Banking & Finance' Conference, 2014.

• Organiser of the Contemporary issues in Banking Conference, St Andrews, 2015.

• Co-organiser of the 2nd Contemporary Issues in Banking Conference, St Andrews, 2017.

• Co-organiser of the 3rd Contemporary Issues in Banking Conference, St Andrews, 2019.

• Co-organiser of the 4th Contemporary Issues in Banking conference, St Andrews, 2021.

• Co-organiser of the 5th Contemporary Issues in Banking conference, St Andrews, 2023.

• Co-organiser of 3rd International Workshop on the Internet for Financial Collective Awareness & Intelligence (Responsible finance for good: financial literacy, financial technology and their interactions), Glasgow November 2018

• Member of Program Committee for Financial Management Association Annual Conference, New York, October 2010.

• Member of Scientific Committee for International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) Conference, Rome, July 2011.

• Member of Program Committee for Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Denver, October 2011.

• Member of Scientific Committee of Financial Engineering and Banking Society (FEBS) Conference, London, June 2012.

• Member of Scientific Committee for International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) Conference, Valencia, June 2012.

• Member of Program Committee for Southern Finance Association Annual Conference, Charlestown, South Carolina, November 2012.

• Member of Program Committee for European Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Reading, June 2013.

• Member of Scientific Committee for International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) Conference, Nottingham, June 2013.

• Member of Program Committee for European Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Rome, June 2014.

• Member of Scientific Committee of Financial Engineering and Banking Society (FEBS) Conference, Surrey, June 2014.

• Member of Program Committee for Southern Finance Association Annual Conference, Key West, Florida, November 2014.

• Member of Program Committee for Southern Finance Association Annual Conference, Captiva Island, Florida, November 2015.

• Member of Program Committee for European Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Bruekelen, Netherlands, June 2015.

• Member of Scientific Committee of Financial Engineering and Banking Society (FEBS) Conference, Nantes, June 2015.

• Member of Program Committee for International Banking, Economics and Finance Association / Western Economic Association International Joint Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2015.

• Member of Program Committee for Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Orlando, October 2015.

• Member of Scientific Committee for Conference on Professional and Ethical Standards in Banking, Loughborough, May 2016.

• Member of Program Committee for European Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Basel, Switzerland, June 2016.

• Member of Scientific Committee of Financial Engineering and Banking Society (FEBS) Conference, Malaga, June 2016.

• Member of Scientific Committee for International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) Conference, Barcelona, June 2016.

• Member of Scientific Committee for The International Workshop on Financial Cooperative Institutions, Victoria, June 2016.

• Member of Scientific Committee of the Portsmouth-Fordham Conference on Banking and Finance, Portsmouth, September 2016.

• Member of Scientific Committee for International Rome Conference on Money, Banking and Finance, Rome, December 2016.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the 5th Emerging Scholars in Banking & Finance, London, December 2016. 

• Member of Program Committee for the International Banking, Economics, and Finance Association (IBEFA) / Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) Conference, Chicago, January 2017.

• Member of Review Committee for The Mid-West Finance Association Conference, Chicago, March 2017.

• Member of Program Committee for European Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Athens, June 2017.

• Member of Scientific Committee for The Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) Conference in Banking and Finance, July 2017.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Financial Intermediation Network of European Studies (FINEST) Conference, Trani, Italy, September 2017.

• Member of Program Committee for the International Banking, Economics, and Finance Association (IBEFA) / Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) Conference, Philadelphia, January 2018.

• Member of Scientific Committee of Corporate Governance & Risk Management in financial institutions conference, Foggia, Italy, May 2018.

• Member of Scientific Committee of Financial Engineering and Banking Society (FEBS) Conference, Rome, June 2018.

• Member of Program Committee for European Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Milan, June 2018.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the International Workshop on Fnancial System Archetecture & Stability (IWFSAS), London, September 2018.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the 6th Emerging Scholars in Banking & Finance, London, December 2018.

• Member of Scientific Committee for The Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) Conference in Banking and Finance, Essex, July 2019.

• Member of Scientific Committee for The Not-for-profit and Public-sector Research (CNPR) Conference, Queen's University, Belfast, September 2019.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the International Workshop on Fnancial System Architecture & Stability (IWFSAS), Victoria Canada, August 2019.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Financial Engineering and Banking Society Annual Conference, Chania, June 2020.

• Member of Scientific Committee for The Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) Conference in Banking and Finance, Essex, July 2020.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Financial Engineering and Banking Society, Lille, June 2021.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the European Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Leeds/ Strathclyde, June 2021.

• Member of Scientific Committee for The Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) Conference in Banking and Finance, Essex, July 2021.

• Member of Program Committee for the Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Denver, October 2021.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Financial Engineering and Banking Society Annual Conference, Portsmouth, June 2022.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the European Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Rome, June 2022.

• Member of Scientific Committee for The Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) Conference in Banking and Finance, Essex, July 2022.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, October 2022

• Member of Scientific Committee for Second Financial Mutuals Conference, London, September 2022.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the European Financial Management Association Annual Conference, Cardiff, June 2023.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Financial Engineering and Banking Society Annual Conference, Chania, Crete, June 2023.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the 1st Conference on Sustainable Banking & Finance, Naples, June 2023. 

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) Conference in Banking and Finance, Gaeta, July 2023.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the International Conference in Finance, Banking and Accounting, Montpellier, September 2023.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the International Workshop on Financial System Architecture and Stability, Brussels, October 2023 

• Member of Scientific Committee for Third Financial Mutuals Conference, Milan, November 2023.

• Member of Scientific Committee for European Financial Management Association, Portgual, June, 2024. 

• Member of Scientific Committee for International Conference in Finance, Accounting, and Banking (ICFAB), September 2024.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the International Workshop on Financial System Architecture and Stability, Victoria, September 2024. 

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) Conference in Banking and Finance, Essex, July 2024.

• Member of the Scientific Committee for the Southern Finance Association Conference, Florida, November 2024.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) Conference in Banking and Finance, Rimini, July 2024.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) Conference in Banking and Finance, Essex, June 2025.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Financial Engineering and Banking Society Annual Conference, Montpellier, June 2025.

• Member of Scientific Committee for the Credit Scoring and Credit Control Conference, Edinburgh, August 2025.

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Refereeing

Abacus, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Accounting & Business Research, American Economic Review: Insights, Annals of Public & Cooperative Economics, Applied Economics, Applied Financial Economics, Applied Economics Quarterly, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, British Accounting Review, British Journal of Management, Contemporary Economic Policy, Ecological Economics, Economic Journal, Economics Letters, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade,  Empirical Economics, European Economic Review, European Journal of Finance, European Research Studies Journal, Finance Research Letters, Financial Accountability & Management, Financial Review, International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, International Journal of Central Banking, International Journal of Industrial Organization, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, International Review of Applied Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance, International Journal of the Economics of Business, International Review of Financial Analysis, Irish Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Finance, Journal of Accounting & Public Policy, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Business Ethics,  Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Economics & Business, Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization, Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Journal of Financial Intermediation,  Journal of Financial Management, Markets & Institutions, Journal of Financial Services Research, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Industry, Competition & Trade, Journal of Labour Economics, Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, Journal of Poverty & Social Justice, Journal of Sports Economics, Journal of Pension Economics & Finance, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Labour Economics, Managerial Finance, Public Money & Management, Review of Financial Economics, Review of Corporate Finance, Review of Industrial Organization, Scottish Journal of Political Economy and Social Science & Medicine.