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Michael Bryan ADAMS |
Post-school education: 1976-79 BA (Hons) Geography (Economics subsidiary), UCW Aberystwyth,
UK (class II/1) Career: Sept 1999 – date: Professor, Corporate Finance, European Business Management
School (EBMS), University of Wales, Swansea, UK. 2. Teaching Experience University of Wales, Swansea (1999 – date) Undergraduate: Financial Management & Reporting in Europe (Paper Controller). Average student numbers: about 30 Undergraduate: Financial Innovation & Risk Management (Paper Controller) (from 2001-2) Estimated student numbers: about 20 Undergraduate: Corporate Finance (Paper Controller) (from 2003-4) Estimated student numbers: about 140 Postgraduate (MBA): Strategic Management Accounting, (Paper Controller)
Postgraduate (MBA/MSc (Econ)): Corporate Finance, (Support Lecturer)
University of Bath (1998 – 1999) Undergraduate: Company Finance Average student numbers: about 80 Postgraduate: Cost Management, Executive MBA and Malaysian MBA; MSc Company Finance, MSc Company Finance (Europe) (Paper Controller for all courses) Average student numbers: approximately 40 MBA courses and about 15 for the MSc courses. Glasgow University (1997-1998): Undergraduate: International Financial Management (Paper Controller); Finance Theory Average student numbers: about 90 per course. Postgraduate: Banking & Financial Markets (Paper Controller), MPhil Average student numbers: about 25 University of Glasgow (1995-96): Undergraduate: Information & Computer Systems (Paper Controller); Advanced Financial Accounting; Advanced Management Accounting; Financial Management for Engineers. Average student numbers: about 100 per course Postgraduate: Financial Accounting, International MBA; Banking &
Financial Markets, Average student numbers: about 25 per course Massey University (1991-1995): Undergraduate: Accounting Information Systems (Paper Controller); Internal Audit; Public Sector Accounting Average student numbers (internal & extramural): about 300 for information systems and roughly 50 for the other two courses Postgraduate: Research Methods Other teaching: South Western University of Finance & Economics (SUFE), Chengdu, China (1996-97): Postgraduate: Quantitative Analysis for Insurance Management; Computers & Information Systems in Insurance; Management Accounting in Insurance. (These are modules on the MA Insurance Accounting Programme supported by the UK insurer General Accident). All courses were newly developed for this specialist programme. Student numbers: 19. St Petersburg Institute of Commerce and Economics (SPICE), St Petersburg, Russia (1998): Student numbers: about 25. Executive Management Programme with Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland and University of Glasgow. Subject: Corporate Finance
Central Lancashire Business School, Department of Accounting & Financial Services – all undergraduate & masters programmes (1996-2000). University of Nottingham - MA in Risk, Insurance, Finance and Investment (2000 – 2003). Other Assistant Examiner in Corporate Finance (Paper 92) on the external degree of the University of London/London School of Economics & Political Science. Case Study Examination Moderator for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) (Level 4, Paper FLCS). Assistant Examiner, paper 3.7 (Strategic Financial Management) for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Assistant Examiner, paper 301, Investment and Asset Management, Faculty/Institute of Actuaries.; Moderator, paper Multinational Corporate Finance & Strategy, Institute of Financial Services. Research Fellow, Chinese Centre for Insurance & Social Security Research, College of Economics, University of Beijing, China (2003-date) Research Fellow, School of Economics & Business Ume? University, Sweden, (2004-date) Research Fellow, Centre for Risk & Insurance Studies (CRIS) University of Nottingham Business School, UK (2004-date) Advisory Board Member, CRIS, University of Nottingham, UK (2004-date) Appeals Panel Member, Professional Conduct Committee, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (2005-date).
My research activities are focused mainly in the accounting, finance,
economics and management aspects of insurance and risk. My doctoral thesis is entitled: “The Determinants of Voluntary Disclosure by New Zealand Life Insurance Companies”.
Price Waterhouse Doctoral Scholarship (1992) (NZ$10,000) (Phd award) Life Office Association of New Zealand (1994) (NZ$3,000) - Life insurance industry economies of scale Guernsey Financial Services Commission (1996) (￡6,000) - Captive insurance companies General Accident (1996-97) (￡10,000) – Insurance and finance research activities Price Waterhouse Travel Award (1996) (￡1,000) (AAA Chicago, 1996) Association of British Insurers – Doctoral Scholarship & Travel Awards (2000-2002) (￡14,000) – awarded to Mr Zou (Joe) Hong, formerly of Chengdu Securities Investment Bank, Chengdu, China. University of Wales - Doctoral Scholarship 2000-2002 (￡48,000) – awarded to Mr Zou (Joe) Hong, formerly of Chengdu Securities Investment Bank, Chengdu, China. International Insurance Society (2001-2003) – Travel Awards (￡6,000) KPMG (2003-2005) (￡60,000) – Insurance Industry Benchmarking Study with Centre for Risk & Insurance Studies, University of Nottingham Lingnan University HK HK$15,000 (2004) – insurance & cost of capital in the Chinese corporate sector British Commonwealth Educational Fund (2005-2007) – doctoral award ￡26,000, The determinants of reinsurance in English Speaking West Africa – awarded to Mr Dawda Sarge, Great Alliance Insurance Co., the Gambia. Research Supervision: Phd thesis 1 (complete); DBA 1 (ongoing); Masters theses: 12 (4 joint, 8 solo) (all complete); MBA projects: 20 (solo) (18 complete, 2 ongoing); Bachelors theses: 8 (solo) (all complete)
University of South Australia, Adelaide (H. Tong – 1999); Glasgow Caledonian University (M. Sung – 2000); Strathclyde University (R. Bedford – 2002); Strathclyde University (D. Mnzava – 2003).
See attached Refereeing: I have been invited to referee for the following international academic
journals: Abacus; Asia Pacific Journal of Management; Applied Financial
Economics, Accounting and Business Research, British Accounting Review,
Corporate Governance: An International Review, European Journal of Finance,
International Journal of Auditing, Journal of Management Studies, Pacific
Accounting Review, and OMEGA. I have presented papers at the major refereed academic conferences in accounting & finance such as the Accounting Association of Australia & New Zealand (AAANZ) (1994, 2003) and British Accounting Association (BAA) (1996) the American Accounting Association (AAA) (Chicago, 1996; Hawaii, 2003) and the American Risk and Insurance Conference (Boston, 1998, Baltimore, 2000, Montreal, 2002). Additionally, I have presented research papers at over 40 universities throughout the world, including the Universities of Auckland (New Zealand), Cambridge and Lancaster (UK), Georgia (US), Melbourne and Queensland (Australia) Research Prizes/Nominations: Agency Theory and the Corporate Purchase of Insurance: Chinese Evidence (with Zou, H.), Working Paper; Best Research Paper by Young Chinese Researcher (Zou, H.), awarded by Chinese Economists’ Association (UK), (￡1,000), London, March 2002. Corporate Risks and Property Insurance in the People’s Republic of China (with Zou, H. and Buckle, M.J.) Accepted Paper for the Journal of Risk & Insurance; joint winner of the 2002 Shin Insurance Research Excellence Prize (US$10,000) awarded by the International Insurance Society Inc., Singapore, July 2002. Corporate Governance and Cost Efficiency in the UK Life Insurance Industry (with Hardwick, P. and Zou, H.). Joint winner of the 2003 Shin Insurance Research Excellence Prize (US$10,000) awarded by the International Insurance Society Inc., New York, July 2003. 4. General (Administrative) Contribution University of Wales Swansea: EBMS Research Committee University of Bath: School: Convenor of Accounting & Finance Group – involving staffing,
resource allocation, quality control, course planning and programme
development (1998 – 1999). Organizational: Representing university in formalising relationships with SW University of Finance & Economics, China (1996-97). Departmental: Professional & Careers Officer (1997-1998); Undergraduate Examinations Co-ordinator (1997-1998) Massey University: Departmental: Management Advisory Group Committee (1994-95); Research Portfolio Group (1994) 5. Outside University Academic: Conference Program Committee member of the American Risk
and Insurance Association (ARIA) (2002-) 6. Academic Referees 1. Professor SJ McLeay (Accounting & Finance Referee), Professor of Treasury, School for Business & Regional Development, University of Wales Bangor, College Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, UK, Ph: 00-44-(0)1248-383229; Fax:00-44-(0)1248-383229; email: abs010@bangor.ac.uk 2.Professor DJ Hillier (Accounting & Finance Referee), Chairman of the European Finance Association, Director, Scottish Centre for Investment & Finance Research, Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Strathclyde, Curran Building, 100, Cathedral Road, Glasgow, G4 0LN, UK, Ph: 00-44-(0)141-548-3261; Fax: 00-44-(0)141-552-3547: email: d.j.hillier@strath.ac.uk 3.Professor RE Hoyt (Insurance & Risk Management Referee), President
of the American Risk & Insurance Association (2003-45), Head of
Department, Faculty of Risk Management and Insurance, University of
Georgia, Terry College of Business, 206 Brooks Hall, Athens, Georgia
30602-6255, USA, Ph: 00-1-706-5423808; Fax: 00-1-706-5424295; email:
rhoyt@terry.uga.edu |
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