Biography
Anna is an Associate Professor in Finance at The Business School, Edinburgh Napier University. She is also the Research Lead and PhD Coordinator of Accounting and Finance Subject Group. She line manages and provides leadership to a team of AnF academics.
Anna gained her PhD in Finance from the University of Nottingham, UK. Anna's research interests focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, Fintech, corporate finance, sustainable finance, and energy economics. Her research initiatives have been awarded external funding totalling £184,890, including five grants from The National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC) under the auspices of the State Council of China. These grants include a grant of £40,415 (350,000 RMB) for the first project, followed by subsequent five grants of £23,095 (200,000 RMB) each, in collaboration with co-investigators in China. The NSSFC, a distinguished funding body governed by the State Council of China, plays an instrumental role in the formulation and adjustment of government policies within China by supporting rigorous research in the social sciences.
Anna has over eighty publications in international peer-reviewed journals and a book chapter. Her work has appeared in international peer-reviewed journals, including British Journal of Management (CABS 4, three of them), Journal of International Money and Finance (CABS 3), Energy Economics (CABS 3), International Business Review (CABS 3), International Review of Financial Analysis (CABS 3), Review of Quantitative Finance & Accounting (CABS 3), Annals of Operations Research (CABS 3), International Marketing Review (CABS 3), Technological Forecasting and Social Change (ABS 3), Journal of Environmental Management (CABS 3), among others. Anna is the author of twenty-five outputs eligible for the next REF 2029 (CABS 3 and above) with a healthy pipeline of new work under review or in final preparation for well-regarded journals.
Anna is an Associate Editor of International Journal of Finance and Economics (CABS 3) and European Journal of Finance (CABS 3), an Area Editor of Research in International Business and Finance (CABS 2), an Executive (managing) Guest Editor of Energy Economics (CABS 3), Financial Innovation (CABS 2) and Resources Policy (CABS 2) and an editorial board member of Corporate Governance: An International Review (CABS 3), EIA Review (IF: 9.7), Financial Innovation (CABS 2) and Journal of Organisational Effectiveness (CABS 2). She serves as a reviewer for over fifty international peer-reviewed Journals and Research Development Fund (RDF) in China.
She has chaired or served as a scientific/committee board member at twelve international conferences across China, UK, Spain, Italy and Vietnam.
Anna has shown a significant dedication to guiding academic development, actively engaging in the supervision of doctoral students. She has successfully supervised five PhD students to completion and continues supervising research students. She frequently serves in the capacity of both internal and external examiner for doctoral dissertations, across the UK, Australia, and China.
As a teacher, Anna has over ten years of experience teaching accounting and finance courses on BA, MSc, MBA, Executive MBA and PhD programmes and served as a programme leader of MSc Finance and BA Business Management with Finance at Leeds Business School. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
In addition, Anna serves as an external examiner of MSc Accounting and Finance modules at University of Surrey, UK; a distinguished visiting professor at Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China and a distinguished visiting professor at Anhui University of Finance and Economics, China.
Anna's teaching abilities have been repeatedly honoured, securing her the esteemed award of Best Lecturer in Accounting, Finance, and Law at the ENSA Excellence Awards for two consecutive years, in 2022 and 2023, and Best Lecturer in Business School in 2024.
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