Dr Hamdi Bennasr is a Professor of Finance at Qatar University. Before joining Qatar University Dr. Hamdi was a postdoctoral researcher in International Business Department of HEC Montreal and an associate professor of Finance at King Saud University, KSA. Dr Hamdi has earned a PhD in Finance from a AACSB  accredited and North American Institution, namely Laval University. Dr Hamdi has a particular research interest in Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Privatization, Corporate Transparency, Cost of Equity, Labor Protection and Islamic Finance and Economics. He has published his research work in leading finance and accounting journals such as Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Emerging Markets Review, Journal of international financial markets, institutions and money, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, International Review of Financial Analysis, International Review of Finance and Economic Modelling. He received in 2014 the best paper award for the track “Management and Business Economics” presented at “The XXIII AEDEM International Conference”, Paris, France. He also received the best paper award for the track “International Economics, Finance, Taxation, Regulation” in the 2009 Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business (AIB). He served as a referee for several scientific journals such as Journal of Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Business and Ethics, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Economic Modelling, International Review of Financial Analysis, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, and Asia Pacific Management Review. His research has been financially supported by several funds such as QNRF. Dr Hamdi supervised several PhD and Master theses.