The Master of Applied Finance (Financial Services) offers a comprehensive and advanced program designed to equip students with in-depth knowledge of financial institutions, bank management, and lending. Through work-integrated learning and ongoing collaboration with industry, and collaborative peer learning, participants will gain a conceptually sound and practical understanding of the global financial system. Additionally, competing approaches to corporate governance and business ethics will be developed, besides how to provide protection against portfolio, financial and corporate risks.
With a focus on the legal framework governing financial institutions and the intricacies of a bank's lending process, bank management theory and the securities associated with it, graduates emerge well-prepared to navigate the dynamic landscape of financial services with confidence. The program will also include an emphasis on developing conceptual and practical knowledge relevant to a disruptive financial services sector including key areas such as fin-tech, sustainable financial management and data-driven decision-making.
This specialised concentration opens diverse career avenues in banking, asset management, and other financial sectors, including Credit Analyst, Business Analyst, Foreign Exchange Trader, Loan Officer, Bank Liability Manager, Financial Manager, Asset Manager, Financial Risk Manager, among others, making the graduates highly sought after by employers.
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Discipline Leader (Finance & Accounting)
Finance and Accounting
Dr Haroon Khan is an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai.
He received his PhD in 2011 from IAE, Graduate School of Management, Aix-en-Provence, & ESSEC, Paris, France, with specialisation in Strategic and Entrepreneurial Finance.
Dr Khan follows innovative pedagogical techniques to impart and share knowledge with his class and strongly believes in participative and experiential learning.
He has presented more than 20 times in international peer-reviewed conference of repute including EBN, ABEN, Business & Society, WSEAS and has been awarded several times best paper awards at top-ranked conferences around the globe including US, Europe, UK, CHINA and Australia.
Previously, Dr Khan has worked in close collaboration with national and international funding and developmental agencies, Developmental Projects. Having Managed the portfolio of Smaller to larger firms for their financing needs as well as bridge between angel investors and start-ups especially in High Tech, Energy, & healthcare.
Associate Professor
Finance and Accounting
Dr Burcu Kapar is an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai. She obtained his PhD and MSc in Financial Economics from the City, University of London. Dr Burcu Kapar has a broad range of experience in teaching Finance and Economic courses such as Principles of Finance, Corporate Finance, Financial Derivatives, Multinational Financial Management, Financial Modelling and Empirical Analysis, Real Estate Finance and Management, Financial Analysis Tools and Techniques, Investment and Portfolio Management, Financial Strategy and Corporate Governance from Finance Discipline and Intermediate Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics from Economics discipline.
Dr Kapar follows innovative pedagogical techniques to engage and motivate the students with practical and real life examples.
Her research interest focuses on empirical finance, financial markets, cryptocurrencies and international trade. She has had several articles published in peer reviewed international journals, as well as numerous conference presentations.
Prior to joining UOWD, she worked in a university in the UAE as an Assistant and Associate Professor and worked as a Corporate Marketing Specialist in Turkiye Is Bankasi for 4 years.
Associate Professor
Finance and Accounting
Dr Kashif Saleem is an Associate Professor and the Program Leader for the Master of Applied Finance program.
Dr Saleem brings with him significant international academic experience having previously been employed by LUT School of Business, Lappeenrata University of Technology, Finland as an Associate Professor in Finance and by St Petersburg State University’s Graduate School of Management as a Visiting Professor.
With 171 citations, Dr Saleem also has an impressive research profile and has had a number of articles published in peer reviewed international journals, alongside numerous conference presentations.
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