Arman joined Cardiff Business School in 2018 as the Chair of Finance and Investment. Previously, he was an assistant and associate professor at the University of Edinburgh Business School and also held visiting positions at Manchester Business School and University College London. Prior to academia, Arman was a senior management consultant in the banking and telecom sectors. He holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering and a MBA with distinction, both from Sharif University in Tehran. He also holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Edinburgh. Arman is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Shimomura Fellow of the Development Bank of Japan and Director of the Cardiff Corporate Governance Research Grou