Ahmad Khalil Ismail, Ph.D. Associate Professor Economics & Finance College of Business & Economics ahmadismail@uaeu.ac.ae

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1 Ahmad Khalil Ismail, Ph.D. Associate Professor Economics & Finance College of Business & Economics Academic Background Ph.D. Warwick Business School, Coventry, UK, Finance, 2001 M.B.A. Hull University, Hull, UK, Finance, 1995 B. Bus. The Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, Accounting and Finance, 1994 Work Experience Academic Experience Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates University (August, Present). Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut (September, August, 2008). " Taught and developed various finance courses " Supervised a project of valuing the Middle East Airlines. " Chaired the finance curriculum committee and coordinated teaching " Improved and re-designed the contents of many finance courses. " Supervised various MBA thesis and projects. " Authored and published many research papers in international academic journals and conferences, mainly on Mergers and Acquisitions. " Collaborated with several finance researchers internationally and locally. " Competitively won funding for all my research projects ($75,000+) " Invited by the Director of Loughborough University Business School (UK) as a Visiting Researcher in 2002 and Research Assistant, Warwick Business School (January, November, 2000). " Restructured and redesigned teaching material for the Executive MBA Program. " Selected (out of 100 Ph.D. candidates) to collaborate in a consultancy project for the Irish Government to calculate the cost of capital of Eircom plc. Non-Academic Experience Corporate Banking Officer, HSBC Group (February, November, 1998). 'Selected (out of 900 applicants) and successfully completed the Executive Trainee Development Program at the HSBC Group Management Training College in the UK. ' Awarded the bank's service quality prize for efficiency improvement. ' Profitably managed and recommended granting credit facilities of USD 100 million in total. ' Led and trained six credit analysts. ' Developed and re-designed new models for processing trade services transactions, improving customer satisfaction and enhancing efficiency and staff productivity by 100%+. The models are still used by the bank. ' Developed my relationship management skills. ' Generated new business and attracted new customers, helped increasing the banks corporate advances by 20%, and increased the bank's deposits. ' Helped the bank escape large losses by anticipating corporate customers' failure and formulating exit/turnaround strategies.

2 Consulting exit/turnaround strategies. ' Prepared a feasibility study on opening a new branch, and decisively convinced the management of not opening the branch. 2000: Ministry of Telecommunication in Ireland, Estimating the Cost of Capital of Eircom plc., I contributed in this project (Estimating the Cost of Capital of Eircom plc.) which was managed by late Prof. Anthony Steel at Warwick Business School Courses Taught Courses from the Teaching Schedule: Financial Management for Corp., Insurance, Finance Management, Principles of Financial Management Other Teaching Activities Course (New) - Creation/Delivery: Conventional Course (New) - Creation/Delivery: Conventional. ' Taught and developed various finance courses for BBA, MBA, EMBA students since 2001 Courses taught included: Undergraduate Courses: Principles of Financial Management (FINC 240) Investment (FINC 377) Business Finance (FINA 210) Financial Markets and Institutions (FINA 215) MBA and EMBA Courses: Advanced Corporate Finance (FINA 340) Intermediate Corporate Finance (FINA 310 2cr) Investment Analysis and Evaluation (FINA 315) Financial Reporting and Analysis (FINA 301) Corporate Finance (FINA cr.) Basics of Finance Training Courses: Investment Valuation Investment Analysis Financial Statement Analysis I was also the course coordinator for FINA 210, FINA 306, FINA 310 and FINC 240. Intellectual Contributions: Refereed Articles Ismail, A. K. & Abdallah, A. (2013). Acquirer's Return and The Choice of Acquisition Targets. Does Acquisition Experience Matter? Applied Economics. Abdallah, A. M., Abdallah, W. M., & Ismail, A. K. (2012). Do Accounting Standards Matter to Financial Analysts? An empirical analysis of the effect of cross-listing from different accounting standards regime on analyst following and forecast error. Journal of Accounting. Ismail, A. K. (2012). Do Target Firms Always Gain? The Determinants of Target Firms Loss in US Takeovers. Corporate Ownership and Control. Ismail, A. K. (in press, 2011). Does The Management's Forecast of Merger Synergies Explain the Premium Paid, the Method of Payment and Merger Motives? Financial Management, 40 (4), Al-Maghyereh, A. I. & Ismail, A. K. (2011). Dynamic integration between stock markets in the GCC countries: The role of the economic and monetary union. Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, 7 (3), Ismail, A. K. (2010). Are Good Financial Advisors Really Good? The Performance of Investment Banks in the M&A Market. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 35 (4), Dbouk, W. & Ismail, A. K. (in press, 2010). Corporate Governance & Long Run Performance of Seasoned

3 Equity Issuers. Journal of Multinational Financial Management. Ismail, A. K. & Krause, A. (2010). Determinants of the method of payment in mergers and acquisitions. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 50, Chahine, S. & Ismail, A. K. (2009). Premium, Merger Fees and the Choice of Investment Banks: A Simultaneous Analysis. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 49, Ismail, A. K. (2008). Which Acquirers Gain More, Single or Multiple? Recent Evidence from the USA Market. Global Financial Journal, 18, Ismail, A. K. & Davidson, I. (2007). Determinants of Target returns in European Banking Merger. Service Industries Journal, 27 (5), Ismail, A. K. & Davidson, I. (in press, 2007). Operating Performance after European Bank Mergers. Service Industries Journal. Ismail, A. K. (in press, 2006). Is Economic Value Added More Associated With Stock Return than Accounting Earnings? The UK evidence. Journal of Managerial Finance, 2. Ismail, A. K. & Davidson, I. (in press, 2005). Further Analysis of Mergers and Shareholder Wealth Effects in European Banking. Applied Financial Economics. Non-Refereed Articles Ismail, A. K. (2005). M&As Motives: Evidence from the European Financial Services Industry. Investment Management and Financial Innovation. Articles in Books of Readings Ismail, A. K. (2011). Are Good Financial Advisors Really Good? The Performance of Investment Banks in the M&A Market, The CFA Digest. CFA Institue. Presentation of Refereed Papers Ismail, A. K. & Abdallah, A. (2013). Corporate Governance Practices, Shareholders' Rights and Corporate Performance in the GCC Countries. Multinational Finance Society, Izmir, Turkey. Ang, J. & Ismail, A. K. (2012). Why are target firms' shareholders disappointed? the Behavioural Finance Working Group/M&A Research Centre Conference, CASS Business School, London, United Kingdom. Ismail, A. K. & Abdallah, A. (2012). Corporate Governance Practices, Shareholders' Rights and Corporate Performance in the GCC Countries. 10th international conference on corporate governance, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Ismail, A. K. & Abdallah, A. (2012). Corporate Governance Practices, Shareholders' Rights and Corporate Performance in the GCC Countries. Business Research Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Ismail, A. K. (2011). Does The Management's Forecast of Merger Synergies Explain the Premium Paid, the Method of Payment and Merger Motives. Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado. Ismail, A. K. & Abdallah, A. M. (2011). Do Acquirers Really Learn from Their Acquisition Experience? The UK Evidence. British Accounting Association Conference, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Abdallah, A., Abed-Al-Nasser, W., & Ismail, A. K. (2010). Does the effect of cross-listing on the number of analysts and forecast errors differ between firms with low- and high-accounting standards?'. French Finance Association, Saint-Malo, France. Ismail, A. K. & Abdallah, A. (2009). Do Acquirers Really Learn from Their Acquisition Experience? The UK Evidence. European Financial Management Association,, Milan, Italy. Abdallah, A., Ismail, A. K., & Abdallah, W. (2008). Does the effect of cross-listing on the number of analysts and forecast errors differ between firms with low- and high-accounting standards? British Accounting Association Conference, Blackpool, United Kingdom. Chahine, S. & Ismail, A. K. (2006). Premium, Merger Fees and the Choice of Investment Banks: A Simultaneous Analysis. European Financial Management Association,, Madrid, Spain. Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers

4 Ismail, A. K. (2008). Which Acquirers Gain More, Single or Multiple? Recent Evidence from the USA Market. American University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. Ismail, A. K. (2008). Which Acquirers Gain More, Single or Multiple? Recent Evidence from the USA Market. IESEG School of Management Lille Catholic University, Lille, France. Local Ismail, A. K. (2008). Are Good Financial Advisors Really Good? The Performance of Investment Banks in the M&A Market. UAEU College of Business and Economocs Symposium in Finance, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Research Grants Funded 2011: Ismail, A. K., FBE Summer Rersearch Grant, FBE Grant 2010: Ismail, A. K., FBE Summer Research Grant, FBE Grant 2009: Ismail, A. K., Summer Research Grant, College of Business and Economics, UAE University 2007: Ismail, A. K., URB (University Research Bureau), American University of Beirut 2006: Ismail, A. K., URB, American University of Beirut 2005: Ismail, A. K., URB, American University of Beirut 2004: Ismail, A. K., URB, American University of Beirut 2004: Ismail, A. K., Faculty Development Grant, Hewlett Foundation 2003: Ismail, A. K., URB, American University of Beirut 2002: Ismail, A. K., Faculty Development Grant, American University of Beirut 2002: Ismail, A. K., URB, American University of Beirut Working Papers Service: Abdallah, A., Abdallah, W., & Ismail, A. K. (2009). "Do Accounting Standards Matter to Financial Analysts? An empirical analysis of the effect of cross-listing from different accounting standards regimes on analyst following and forecast error" targeted for Journal Of Accounting. Service to the University Department Assignments Member: : Promotion Committee : Student Affairs Committee : Outcomes Assesment Committee College Assignments Member: : Peer Evaluation of Teaching Committee Faculty Development Other Professional Development 2004: Visiting Researcher to Loughbourough University Business School while I was a professor at the American University of Beirut. I received a faculty development grant from AUB to finance my trip and stay at Loughbourough University to conduct research Coventry, United Kingdom. 2002: Visiting Researcher to Loughbourough University Business School while I was a professor at the

5 American University of Beirut. I received a development grant from AUB to finance my stay at Loughbourough for two months Coventry, United Kingdom. Last updated by member on 29-Apr-13 (12:50 PM)