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Dr. Yahaya Alhassan is Principal Lecturer in Finance and Strategic Management at the University of Sunderland in London (UK). He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). He boasts over 20 years of teaching and management experience, acquired through roles in higher education and consultancy.

Dr. Samuel Salia is Associate Professor of Finance at Birmingham City University (UK), where he teaches finance. He is a member of the UK Institute of Consulting and has consulted for international organizations, including the African Union and GIZ. With over eleven years of experience in banking and consultancy in the SME sector focusing on entrepreneurial finance, Samuel has also worked as a management consultant with the Ghana Ministry of Employment (MDPI) and served as managing director of SAS Capital Money Lending Limited.

Prof. Javed Hussain is Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at Birmingham City University (UK), where he currently leads the Accounting and Finance Group.  Professor Hussain supervises several Ph.D. in the areas of corporate, micro, and small business finance. He also takes postgraduate courses on Research Methods and International Financial Strategy. Before joining Birmingham City University Professor Hussain held posts in finance within public and private sector organisations. He was a financial analyst with the Forward Trust Group (now a subsidiary of HSBC bank) and before that, he worked for Birmingham City Council.

Dr. Giuseppe Cantafio is a Senior Lecturer in Business Management at the University of Sunderland in London (UK). Dr Cantafio holds PhD in Urban Regeneration and Economic Development from Università Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy, MSc Civil and Environmental Engineering and BSc Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Calabria, Italy. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Prior to joining the University of Sunderland in London, he worked as a Lecturer and researcher on the impacts and scenarios evaluation of Autonomous and Connected Transport at the University of Greenwich (UK).