Dr. Md Safiullah also known as Safi, is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at RMIT University. Before joining RMIT, he served as a Lecturer in Finance at La Trobe University and an Assistant Professor in Banking at the University of Dhaka. He also holds a CPA designation. Safi’s research interests are corporate governance, Islamic banking, corporate finance, sustainable finance and gender diversity. His academic works appeared in 23 (4A* and 19As) distinguished outlets including the Journal of Corporate Finance, Energy Economics and a media article in The Conversation . All his publications are in Q1 and ERA eligible. He was the Runner up of 2021 InSPiR2eS Global Pitching Research Competition (IGPRC) AFAANZ section.External Research Grants PIARC (The World Road Association) Gender Inclusion and Diversity Project, 2023 ($ 109, 129) AFAANZ Mid-Career Research Grants. Project: Women on boards, carbon assurance and assuror choice. 2021-2023 ($ 5,800)Research Incentive Scheme (RIS) Funds. La Trobe University. 2022 ($12,000) Research Start-up Grant, La Trobe University, 2020-2021 ($17,000) Conference Travel & Research Grant (CTRG), North South University, Bangladesh. 2020 ( 5,700)His research has been presented in academic conferences across countries. Safi serves as an Associate Editor of the QRFM, IJIMFM and WSARIF; a reviewer of peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Corporate Finance. Safi teaches Frontiers in FinTech and Innovations and Money and debt markets and Financial statement analysis. He was a subject coordinator for CPA module of Financial Risk Management at La Trobe University. He received several awards for his excellent teaching and engagement contributions. He served as a member of the Academic Board at La Trobe University. He also supervises PhD students.Dr. Safi received his PhD in Finance from the University of Newcastle on a fully funded postgraduate research scholarship. He received MSc with Distinction from the Birkbeck, University of London as a recipient of prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship awarded by the government of United Kingdom. Safi completed FinTech Certificate course with 92% marks from Harvard University, USA. He also achieved Certificate as a Carbon Literate from the Nottingham Business School, UK. He is also a recipient of Dean’s Honour Award and Dean’s Merit Award in his MBA and Bachelor (Hons) degrees, respectively. Safi was the winner of 2017 3-Minute Thesis competition at the Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle. Safi stood 2nd in HSC Exam in Bangladesh.