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Professor Saeed Akbar

Professor Saeed Akbar

Interim Dean of the School of Management (as of September 2024)

Expertise: Accounting, finanance, the relationship between accounting information and stock prices, performance measurement, corporate governance, risk management, empirical finance, accounting regulation, sustainable finance and accounting, green banking, and net zero and productivity.

Saeed Akbar is Professor of Accounting and Finance, and Interim Dean of School of Management, at the University of Bradford. He holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance from the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, an MA from the University of Liverpool, and a BBA and MBA from the University Peshawar. He is a Qualified Accountant and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Prior to joining the University of Bradford, he was a Professor in Accounting and Finance, and Head of Accounting and Finance Subject Group at the Hull University Business School, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the University of Liverpool, and MBA tutor at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.

His research output has been published extensively in leading international journals, such as, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting and more. His main research area covers the relationship between accounting information and stock prices, while his other broad areas of research expertise include performance measurement, corporate governance, risk management, empirical finance, accounting regulation, sustainable finance and accounting, green banking, and net zero and productivity.


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