Yahaya AlhassanYahaya Alhassan is a Principal Lecturer in Finance and Strategic Management at the University of Sunderland in London. He is also the Head of Academic Operations responsible for quality assurance and new programme development. Dr Alhassan holds PhD i Business Management from Anglia Ruskin University, as well as an MBA in Finance from the University of Sunderland. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). He has over 20 years of teaching and management experience developed during roles in the higher education sector and the consultancy industry. Dr Alhassan is a researcher, author, finance and strategic management lecturer, and consultant, and has published over seventeen publications including books, book reviews, journal articles, and book chapters. He has served as a reviewer for highly ranked academic journals, conferences, and edited books for Springer and IGI Publishing. Some of Dr Alhassan’s publications have appeared in the UK ABS 3*** rated Journals. Dr Alhassan regularly presents papers at conferences and has presented over ten papers at various conferences since 2019. His main research interests are development finance, microfinance, entrepreneurial finance, ethnic minority entrepreneurship, and microbusiness development. His current research interests focus on the nexus between financial technology and sustainable entrepreneurship, investment in artificial intelligence, and firm growth. He has also provided consultancy services to organisations nationally and internationally that positively influenced policies, and practices, and reached audiences beyond academia. Read More Read Less