Pankaj Alexander

Research Student

Pankaj Alexander is affiliated with the Department of Accouting and Finance.

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Biography

Pankaj is a lifelong nomad having spent most of his life studying, working, travelling and living in multiple continents. He holds a Master's in Commerce from the University of Mumbai and an MBA from Warwick Business School. His early career started with PWC in Mumbai for 3 years where he completed his Articleship training and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Thereafter he worked in Dubai for KPMG for 5 years as an Audit Manager before moving to FedEx Dubai as a Senior Finance Analyst and Manager Financial Controller responsible for the Middle East, Indian Sub-Continent and Africa. After 12 years in Dubai, he transferred to FedEx Europe in Belgium where he held numerous positions including Managing Director for Accounting & Controls Europe. Following a career of 25 years at FedEx, Pankaj made a career pivot to education and started teaching the Accounting and Finance and International Management modules under the BSc program of Middlesex University at UBI Business School in Brussels.

Pankaj holds a Certified Public Accountant license to practise accounting in the United States, is a Quality Driven Management Expert from the American Society for Quality, is Carbon Literate and recently acquired his Fellowship at the Higher Education Academy.

His passion for lifelong learning culminated in a fully funded PhD studentship from the Open University to explore challenges in sustainability accounting and reporting.

Current Research

Investigating Accountability in Corporate Sustainability Reports: Perspectives from External (NGO) and Internal (Sustainability Committee) Stakeholders

Pankaj's areas of interest include Sustainability Reporting, Corporate Governance and Digital Transformation.