Dr Souad Moufty

Dr. Souad Moufty is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance and the Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Accounting. Prior to assuming the role of Programme Leader, Souad was the Deputy Programme Leader for BA (Hons) International Finance & Business.

Dr. Moufty joined DMU in January 2020 as a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance. Before that, she held positions at the University of Huddersfield, Staffordshire University, and Middlesex University. Souad has taught a range of subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, mainly in the areas of Management Accounting and CSR & Sustainability Accounting and Reporting. Dr. Moufty has had some course management and research project responsibilities; she was the Course Leader for the MPhil and PhD programmes (Economics, Business, and Management); Top-up year tutor; represented the Business School at the Graduate School Research Committee and was the principal investigator of an Erasmus+ funded research project (€293,650).

Dr. Moufty's research interests focus on CSR; Sustainability Accounting & Reporting; Corporate Governance; Stakeholders' Theory; and Management Accounting.

Finance and Banking Research Centre

Moufty, S., Clark, E., and Al-Najjar, B. (2021). The different dimensions of sustainability and bank performance: Evidence from EU and the USA. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 43.

Moufty, S., Al-Najjar, B. and Ibrahim, A. (2024). Communications of sustainability practices in the banking sector: Evidence from cross-country analysis. International Journal of Finance & Economics, , 29 (1), pp. 135–161. available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijfe.2679

Corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Sustainability accounting & reporting

Corporate Governance

Management accounting.

Management accounting.
CSR & sustainability accounting and reporting.

PhD in Accounting, Brunel University London.
MRes (Master by Research) in Economics and Finance- Distinction, Brunel University London.
PGCHPE, Postgraduate Certificate in Higher and Professional Education- Distinction, Staffordshire University.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting and Finance & BSc (Hons)in Accounting and Finance.

Undergraduate and postgraduate levels (Management Accounting & Sustainability Accounting).

External Examiner for Coventry University London

External Examiner for Sheffield Hallam University

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
• The European Accounting Association.
• The British Accounting and Finance Association.

• Moufty, S., (2023) Stakeholders Engagement in the Sustainability Reporting in the banking sector: Evidence from cross‐country analysis, the Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (EAA), Helsinki-Espoo, Finland.
• Moufty, S., and Al-Najjar, B. (2019) How banks communicate their sustainability practices? Evidence from cross-country analysis, the Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (EAA), Paphos, Cyprus.

Ahmed Dabour (2 nd supervisor) Global Airlines' Financial Strain: Assessing Corporate Governance's Role

Principal investigator for a research project (€ 293,650): Adoption of Sustainable Accounting Practices for reporting / Report-ASAP (Erasmus+/KA2, 2017-2019) no. 2017-1-UK01-KA202-036730. the project was in collaboration with 6 partners from different EU countries.