Erum Shaikh

Dr Erum Shaikh is an accomplished academic, researcher, and academic leader specializing in Finance and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). She holds a PhD from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Sindh, where her doctoral research focused on the impact of corporate social responsibility on organizational performance in Pakistan's banking sector. Currently, she serves as Assistant Professor (BPS-19) and Head of the Department of Business Administration at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sanghar Campus. In this role, she actively contributes to academic governance, research development, and the promotion of entrepreneurial ecosystems.

With over a decade of teaching and research experience across leading public and private universities in Sindh, Dr Shaikh has held several important academic and administrative positions, including Director ORIC, Director Research Cell and Manager, Business Incubation Center. She has authored more than 40 scholarly publications, including research articles, conference papers, and book chapters published in reputable journals. Additionally, she has edited ten books and serves as editor for many research journals. Her research interests encompass Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility, FinTech, Sustainability, Financial Performance, Entrepreneurship, and Emerging Technologies. Her work has been published in high-impact journals indexed in SSCI, Scopus, ESCI, and Web of Science.

Dr Shaikh has also edited and contributed to internationally published books with Springer, Emerald, IGI Global, and Taylor & Francis. She serves on editorial boards and acts as a reviewer for several prestigious international journals and publishers. Furthermore, she has successfully secured 2 competitive research grants from the Sindh Higher Education Commission and remains actively involved in academic capacity-building initiatives through conferences, workshops, keynote speeches, and policy-oriented research. Her academic and professional contributions reflect a strong commitment to ethical business practices, sustainable development goals, and inclusive economic growth, particularly within emerging and transitional economies.

Nejla Ould Daoud Ellili is currently a Professor of Finance at Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates. She received her Ph.D. in Finance from the Institut Supérieur de Gestion in Tunis, Tunisia. Her research and teaching activities have focused on corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate disclosure, and sustainability. Her works have been published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Review of Managerial Science, International Review of Economics and Finance, and Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, among others.

Prof. Dr. Jean-Paul Arnaout is the Dean of the College of Business at Abu Dhabi University. He holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, with a concentration in Operations Research, from Old Dominion University, USA. Before joining ADU, he held academic positions at the Lebanese American University and Gulf University for Science and Technology. His research focuses on optimization techniques, metaheuristics, modeling and simulation, and scheduling. Prof. Arnaout has developed simulation and optimization models across various sectors including port operations, supply chain, agriculture, energy, and healthcare. His scholarly work is widely published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Operations Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Simulation, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, and Journal of Manufacturing Systems. He is recognized for combining rigorous research with practical application and for his leadership in advancing business education.