About

I have been awarded 'Lecturer of the Year 2024' by the Students Union of the University of Derby. I have also been nominated for 'Lecturer of the Year 2026' and 'Inspirational Teaching' award 2026. 

I have approximately 20 years of teaching experience at different universities in the UK, Australia, Bangladesh and China. Prior to joining the University of Derby, I worked as an Associate Professor of Accounting at Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE), Dalian, China, which is an affiliated institution of the University of Surrey. I also worked at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology, CQ University-Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Technology (MIT) and Federation University in Australia as an academic staff. I have also worked as a Professor of Accounting at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

I am gradually expanding my teaching and research opportunities here at the University of Derby and am looking forward to working with other academic and professional bodies across UK.   

I am happy to supervise PhD and DBA students with interesting and exciting ideas in line with my research interests. 

Teaching responsibilities

Current Leadership Roles:

• Program Leader: Master of Research in Leadership and Management (MN1AS)
• Linked Tutor: César Ritz Colleges Switzerland
• Collab partner module leader: HELP Academy, Malaysia.

Undergraduate 

• Introduction to Management Accounting (Level 4)
• Financial Accounting (Level 5)
• Applied Management Accounting (Level 5)
• Contemporary Reporting Issues (Level 6)
• Independent Study (Level 6)

Postgraduate 

• Independent Study (Level 7)
• Sustainable and Ethical Finance and Accounting (Level 7)

DBA Supervision

•  I am currently supervising two DBA students 

PhD Supervision

• I have one PhD completion so far and I am currently supervising three PhD Students (2 of them will be completing by 2026).  

Professional interests

Looking forward to the CGMA (Chartered Global Management Accountant) Professional Qualification soon.

Research interests

• Corporate Sustainability, and Achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Social & Environment Accounting and Reporting including Integrated Reporting 
• Climate Change and Carbon Accounting
• Corporate Governance (including ESG) and Corporate Accountability

Membership of professional bodies

• Associate Member, Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• Member, Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ)
• Member, British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA)
• Member, Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR)

Qualifications

• PhD (Accounting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne, Australia
• MSc (International Business), University of Melbourne, Australia
• MBA (Accounting), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• BBA (Hons. in Accounting), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Recent conferences

• Kamal, Y, and Johal, P. (2024), ‘Exploring Graduates’ Employability Skills: A Study Unfolding the Perceptions of UK Employers and Alumnus’, Conference poster presentation in the annual URSS conference held in the University of Derby, 6 November 2024.
• Kamal, Y (2023). Stakeholders Engagement through Integrated Reporting Practices: Evidence from Dialogic Accounting Perspective, 33rd International Congress on Social & Environmental Accounting Research, held in St Andrews on August 22-24, 2023.
• Kamal, Y. (2016). The problems and prospects of fashion industry of Bangladesh. Accounting and Finance Conference at Jack Welch College of Business, Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
• Kamal, Y. (2015). Sustainability of the RMG industry of Bangladesh. Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economic (SASE) Research Network Conference held in London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London
• Kamal, Y. (2013). Motivation for corporate managers for CSR related governance disclosures. Seventh Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference, held in Kobe, Japan
• Kamal, Y. (2013). Stakeholders’ expectations for CSR related governance. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference held in Perth, Australia
• Kamal, Y. (2012). Stakeholders’ expectations for CSR related governance. Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN) Conference, held in Helsinki, Finland
• Kamal, Y. (2011). The disclosure of corporate social and environmental-related governance practices: evidence from the textile and garments industry of Bangladesh. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference held in Darwin, Australia

Additional interests and activities

Funded Research Project

2025 – British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (as Principal Investigator), for a research project titled 'Modern Slavery Practice in the Global Apparel Supply Chain: Developing an Accountability Framework for Slave-free Apparel Production and Sourcing'. 

2022-SeedCorn fund from the University of Derby for a research project titled, 'Exploring Graduates’ Employability Skills: A Study Unfolding the Perceptions of UK Employers and Alumnus’. 

2018-University Grants Commission of Bangladesh for a research project titled ‘the Social and Environmental Effects of the Leather Industry of Bangladesh’.

2009-RMIT University Research Fund for PhD (four years).

2009-Monash Graduate Scholarship for PhD but declined.

2008- Australian Leadership Award Scholarship provided by the Australian 
Government. Used this funding for MSc Program at the University of Melbourne. 

2002-Deans Merit Award from the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh 

Recent publications

• Khan, I., Saha, A.K., Kamal, Y. and Islam, M.S., (2024). Do ownership structure and board composition matter in firm performance? Regulatory influence in developing economy. International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, pp.1-21. Available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41310-024-00257-0

• Conway, E. and Kamal, Y. (2023). Steps on the Journey to Net Zero, Crowther, D. and Seifi, S. (Ed.) Achieving Net Zero (Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility, Vol. 20), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 3-24. Available at https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-052320230000020001

• Milon, M. N., Kamal, Y. and Akter, T. (2023). Supremacy of Value-Added Tax: A Perspective from South Asian Nations, The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, Vol. 10 Issue 2, Pp. 49-60, Available at https://doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2023.vol10.no2.0049
• Ahmed, Z. U., Begum, S., Islam, K. S., & Kamal, Y. (2022). Loan scams and corporate governance failure in the state-owned banks of a developing country. Corporate Ownership & Control, Vol.20, No. 1, pp.46–58. Available at https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv20i1art4
• Kamal, Y., & Yesmin, S. (2022). Competitiveness of Global Apparel Industry: A Study Based on Transaction Cost Theory. Global Business Review, Available at  https://doi.org/10.1177/09721509221124169
• Kamal, Y. (2021). Social Responsibility-related Governance Disclosure: Exploration of Managerial Perspective from a Developing Country, Pacific Accounting Review, Vol. 33 No. 4, pp. 435-458
• Kamal, Y. (2021). Stakeholders Expectations for CSR-related Corporate Governance Disclosure: Evidence from a Developing Country, Asian Review of Accounting, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 97-127
• Kamal, Y. (2018). Stakeholders’ perceptions of social audit in Bangladesh, Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management, Volume 7, pp. 5-29
• Kamal, Y. & Deegan, C. (2013). The disclosure of corporate social and environmental-related governance practices: Evidence from the textile and garments industry of Bangladesh. Australian Accounting Review, 23(65), 117-134