Dr Marizah Minhat
Background
Dr Marizah Minhat is an Associate Professor in Finance and Economics. She holds a PhD, and an MSc in Banking and Finance from University of Stirling, and a Master of Laws in Financial Law and Regulation from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She completed her undergraduate studies at Lincoln University, New Zealand. She is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), as well as member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ). She is an elected Deputy Chair of ICAEW Scotland Board and has served as Tech Sub-Group Facilitator. She is also a steering group member of ICAEW Digital Assets Working Party. Dr Minhat was appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the LSE Law School where she completed a book on 'Cryptocurrency Risk and Governance Challenges' that was published by Routledge. She founded the Responsible FinTech (ResFinTech) Research Group and leads a core module in the MSc FinTech programme at the University of Bradford. Her research projects on ‘Cryptocurrencies: Risk and Governance’ and 'Valuation of Digital Assets' are funded by a trust body of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). Another project on 'Tax on Cryptocurrencies' is funded by Malaysian Tax Research Foundation (MTRF) in collaboration with the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM). As an Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA), she has served in various roles within higher education institutions in the UK with stints in Hong Kong and Singapore. She has published in finance, economics and human rights journals, and wider media. Her co-edited book entitled ‘Ethical Discourse in Finance: Interdisciplinary and Diverse Perspectives’ was published by Palgrave Macmillan during her previous role as Co-Director International Centre for Management and Governance Research (ICMGR). Her previous works and/or research interests are related to financial innovations (including stock options, credit derivatives, Islamic finance, microfinance, and cryptocurrencies/cryptoassets/digital assets), financial regulation and governance including human rights, motivated mainly from economic and social perspectives. Beyond academia, she had delivered talks at several institutions including Bank Rakyat Malaysia, Confucius Institute for Scotland, Centre for Sustainability Hong Kong and Treasury Markets Association, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). She also participated in stakeholder meetings of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Islamic Finance (APPGIF) at the House of Lords, UK Parliament. Prior to her academic career, she worked in Group Finance of a publicly listed government-linked energy company in Malaysia.
Research Interests
Motivated mainly from economic and social perspectives, my research interest is primarily on governance and risks of financial innovations. Taking from broader and interdisciplinary perspectives, governance includes accounting, financial regulation, ethics and human rights. Financial innovations include (but not limited to) stock options, credit derivatives, Islamic finance, microfinance, digital assets (e.g., cryptocurrencies/cryptoassets) and other uses of technology in financial services industry.