Dr Akhtar has received a number of competitive external research grants, with total funding in excess of 1.7 million dollars. She was a recipient of an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship. She is an active researcher and presents her work regularly at international and Australian conferences including the American Finance Association Conference. A number of her research papers received local and international prestigious awards. She also supervises Honours, Masters and PhD students. She has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence and also the "Top Supervisor" Award.

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Dr M. Shumi Akhtar is Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University of Sydney. She holds Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Philosophy, Master of Higher Education and PhD degrees from the Australian National University.Dr Akhtar's research interests are broad, and include Corporate Finance, Mutinationals, Tax, International Finance and Asset Pricing.