Dr. Zaghum Umar
Assistant Professor
Suleman Dawood School of Business
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Pakistan
Biography
I am currently working as an Assistant Professor (Finance) at Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan. In addition, I am on the panel of HEC approved PhD supervisors and associated with Network for studies on Pension, Ageing and Retirement (Netspar), The Netherlands, as a research fellow. I received a Phd from School of Management (SOM), University of Groningen, The Netherlands. I received my M.Sc from University of Twente, The Netherlands, with specialization in “Financial Engineering and Management”. I have broad research interests in Financial Modeling, Empirical analysis, Project Finance, Corporate Finance, Infrastructure Financing, Public Finance, Public Private Partnership, Risk Management, Emerging markets and Strategic Asset Allocation. I have attended a number of international conferences as a presenter as well as a discussant such as; International Economic Association (16th World Congress), Fifth Annual Risk Management Conference (Risk Management Institute National University of Singapore), 25th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Netspar International Pension Workshop etc. I have published in top finance journals such as Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Economics and Business and Journal of Investment Strategies.
Research Interest
My personal interests include adventure sports , traveling, hiking, fitness, sitcoms etc.