Neville Kent

Research Student

Neville Kent is affiliated with the Department of Accounting and Finance.

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Biography

I commenced my current research role in February 2025, having previously held a wide range of senior finance, investment, operations and risk management positions within the UK life and pensions sector. I hold an MSc in Finance from the Open University and an Economics degree from Leeds University.

Current Research

Textual Analysis in Finance and Accounting

The long-term shift in temperature and weather patterns resulting from human activity has the potential to destabilise global financial markets and represents the greatest challenge economies currently face. Governments in response have committed to the delivery of sustainability goals which can only be achieved with large scale investment by companies to create a sustainable circular economy. The disclosure of transparent information by companies is seen as a pre-requisite to the achievement of these goals. My research proposal seeks to harness advanced machine learning to identify patterns and trends in stakeholder responses that remain obscured in traditional numerical data analyses.