Taimur Sharif, PhD, SFHEA, CMgr

Introduction

Taimur has a profound career of working for a diverse range of universities in the UK, the MENA region, and South Asia for over 25 years. He is currently the Dean of the UKH School of Management and Economics (SME) and a Professor in International Business and Economics. Taimur is also a Distinguished Professor at Woxsen University, India. He is a qualified Chartered Manager (FCMI CMgr., C.Mgr.) in the UK and Canada, and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (formerly, HEA), UK. Taimur is currently an External Examiner at the University of East London (UK), Leeds Beckett University (UK), and MAHSA University (Malaysia). Till date, Taimur has examined nearly forty PhD/DBA theses for universities in Australia and the UK. He was an Invited Juror in the International School of Business (ISB) Talent Event 2021 in The Netherlands.

Education

• - Ph.D. in International Business and Economics, London South Bank University, 2011
• - MSc Coursework in Quantitative Methods in Economics, Stockholm University, 1998
• - MA in Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, 1996
• - BA Hons. in Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, 1994
• - PGCE in Further Education, University of Sussex, 2009
• - PGC in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, Stanford University, 2016

Research

Taimur has over 70 publications in leading ABS, ABDC, and QS-listed journals, to mention a few, Annals of Operations Research (ABS-3, ABDC-A, Q1), Business Strategy and The Environment (ABS-3, ABDC-A, Q1), Technological Forecasting & Social Change (ABS-3, ABDC-A, Q1), Psychology & Marketing (ABS-3, ABDC-A, Q1), International Review of Financial Analysis (ABS-3, ABDC-A, Q1), Electronic Commerce Journal (ABS-2, ABDC-A, Q1), Journal of Cleaner Production (ABS-2, ABDC-A, Q1), Journal of Policy Medeling (ABS-2, ABDC-A, Q1), Global Finance Journal (ABS-2, ABDC-A, Q1), International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (ABS-2, ABDC-A, Q1), among others. He has also presented in international conferences as Keynote Speaker, Invited Guest Speaker, Session Chair, Invited Panelist, and so on. In the recent years, Taimur has been working on topics related to stock, energy and bond markets; cryptocurrencies; investor sentiment; ESG, and so on.

Professional Membership

• Senior Fellow (SFHEA), Advance HE (Higher Education Academy), UK.
• Chartered Manager (CMgr. FCMI), Chartered Management Institute (CMI), UK.
• Chartered Manager (C.Mgr.), Chartered Institute of Management (CIM), Canada.
• Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE), Chartered Association of Business Schools, UK.
• Research Fellow, National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE), UK.