Dr Farhan Malik

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Biography

Dr Muhammad Farhan Malik (Farhan) is a lecturer in the Department of Finance and Economics. He holds a PhD degree in Accounting & Finance from The University of Western Australia and a MSc by Research degree in Accounting from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia. At QUT, he received the Best Abstract and Research Recognition awards on his MSc research presentation. Dr Malik’s research focuses on corporate governance, narrative disclosures and audit quality issues, and he has published articles in leading journals including International Review of Financial Analysis, Accounting & Finance, and Journal of Management and Governance.

Interests and expertise

  1. Corporate Governance
  2. Risk Management
  3. Narrative Disclosure
  4. Audit Quality

Teaching

  1. ​​​​​​Corporate Finance
  2. Accounting and FinTech for Managers
  3. Masters Level Learning
  4. Methodological Approaches to Research

Supervision

Areas of PG supervision include: 

  1. Corporate Governance
  2. Risk Governance
  3. Narrative Disclosure
  4. Audit Quality
  5. Fintech

Research outputs

  1. Muhammad Farhan Malik, George Shan & Jamie Tong (2022). Do Auditors Price Litigious Tone? Accounting & Finance. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12837
  1. Habiba Al-Shaer, Muhammad Farhan Malik & Mahbub Zaman (2021). What Do Audit Committees Do? Transparency and Impression Management. Journal of Management & Governance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-021-09591-9
  1. Muhammad Farhan Malik, John Nowland & Sherrena Buckby (2021). Voluntary Adoption of Board Risk Committees and Financial Constraints risk. International Review of Financial Analysis, 101611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101611
  1. Muhammad Farhan Malik, Mahbub Zaman & Sherrena Buckby (2020). Enterprise Risk Management and Firm Performance: Role of the Risk Committee. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 16(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2019.100178

Career history

2018-2021

Casual Teaching in Accounting & Finance - The University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia

2021-2022

Teacher in Accounting & Finance - Maastricht University, Netherlands

2022-Now

Lecturer in Finance - Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom