Fahad Abdullah

fahad.abdullah@imsciences.edu.pk
0300-8581401
H.No. 475, Street-4, Sector F-8, Phase 6, Hayatabad, Peshawar

Profile
I hold a Doctorate Degree in Finance from NUST, Islamabad and am associated with academics
for the last eight years. I believe in participative style of teaching where I stress upon
understanding the concepts through group/class discussions. My subject of interest in teaching
and research are Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Strategic Financial management
and Investment Analysis. In addition to my job as a faculty, I thoroughly enjoyed the trainings
(as a lead trainer) conducted all over Pakistan for the 52 development sector organizations,
funded by USAID.

Educational details
Doctor of Philosophy, Management Sciences – NUST, Islamabad – 2011

Master in Business Administration, Finance – IMS, University of Peshawar – 2001

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) – ACCA, U.K – (Stage 1 and 2 cleared)
Stage 3 (In Progress)

Professional Experience
Assistant Professor - Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), Peshawar
2004 to present

My responsibilities as a faculty member include the following:

 Teaching Accounting, Economics and business finance courses at Bachelors level

  Teaching Financial Management, Investment analysis and corporate finance at Masters
and MS level
 Evaluating the students and providing them with the feedback for further improvement
 Supervision of thesis writing at Masters and MS level
 Holding seminars/group discussions and identifying the guest speakers for these events

My responsibilities as a Coordinator MSc. Finance Program include the following:

 Development of MSc. Finance Program

 Improvement and customization of the program according to the market requirements
 Identifying and hiring of the suitable faculty for the program
 Faculty evaluation and provision of feedback for improvement
 Ensure the overall smooth running of the program

Lead Trainer – Capacity building of sub grantees of USAID under Gender Equity program (GEP)

My responsibilities as a lead trainer of GEP project included the following:

 Worked as a subject expert for the development of the financial management manual
for not for profit organizations of development sector
 Development of the training program for middle managers of 52 development sector
organizations
 Development of the training material
 Conducted training across Pakistan in 7 different cities for the financial managers of the
sub grantees of USAID

Lead Trainer – Bank of Khyber, Government of Khyber Pathtoonkhwa

 Conducted training for the professional development of credit officers of the bank on
Analysis of Financial Statements for Credit Lending Decision at Peshawar

Lead Trainer – Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Khyber Pathtoonkhwa

 Conducted training for the capacity building of officers of Public Health Engineering
Department at IM Sciences Peshawar
Trainings and seminars/workshops attended

1. Completed Training of Trainers (TOT), Assessment and Strengthening Program (ASP)

funded by USAID and conducted by Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
2012

2. Attended a 5 - day Training Program on ‘Financial Management’ for Operational

Executives at LUMS, Lahore

3. Attended a workshop on Statistical Data Analysis Techniques for Public Policy Managers
and Development Professionals organized by Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR),
Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar

4. Attended a workshop on Competitiveness and Consumer Issues in the Emerging

Markets: Strategic options for Pakistani entrepreneurs at Sarhad Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (SCCI) organized by NUST Business School, Islamabad

5. Attended a workshop on Mathematics of Risk Management at Lahore University of

Management Sciences (LUMS) organized by Centre for Advanced Studies in Mathematics
(CASM)

6. Completed training on Innovative and Creative Teaching Methods Organized by NUST

Business School, Islamabad

Research papers Published

1. Fahad Abdullah, Attaullah Shah, Raheel Gohar, Abdullah M Iqbal “The Effect of Group and Family
Ownership on Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan” International Review of
Business Research Papers, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 191-208, July 2011

2. Fahad Abdullah, Attaullah Shah, Raheel Gohar, Abdullah M Iqbal “ Investors’ Power and the
Dividend Cost Minimization Model: Which One Better Explains the Dividend Policy in Pakistan?”
African Journal of Business Management Vol. 5(26), pp. 10747-10759, 28 October, 2011

3. Fahad Abdullah, Attaullah Shah, Safiullah Khan “Firm Performance and the Nature of Agency
Problems in Insiders-Controlled Firms: Evidence from Pakistan” The Pakistan Development
Review, Vol.51, No.4, Accepted for publication in 2012
International Conferences Attended
1. Simplicity Vs Accuracy: The Case of CAPM and Fama and French Model, Second International
Conference of AGBA-South Asia Chapter (2010). Islamabad, Pakistan

2. The Effect of Family Ownership on Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan. 14th
Annual Business Research Conference (2011), Dubai UAE

3. Investors’ Power and the Dividend Cost Minimization Model: Which One Better Explains the
Dividend Policy in Pakistan? International conference on banking and finance (2011),Singapore

4. Free Cash Flow, Ownership Structure & Firm Performance: Evidence from Pakistan, Fourth
International Conference of AGBA-South Asia Chapter (2012).PC - Bhurban, Pakistan.

Achievements
 Placed first in the order of merit at the Institute of Management Studies, University of
Peshawar in MBA program with the CGPA of 4 on the scale of 4

References
1. Mr. Muhammad Azam Farooq
Coordinator HRDC-IMSciences
Peshawar

2. Dr. Attaullah Shah

Coordinator MBA (B&F)
IMSciences, Peshawar