Xiang Li is a third-year PhD student at Cardiff Business School. She completed her MSc in Social Science Research Methods (SSRM) at Cardiff University in 2022 and holds a Master’s degree in Accounting and Management (with Distinction) from the University of Southampton. Additionally, she earned dual Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science and Accounting from the Capital University of Economics and Business (in China). 

Her research interests primarily focus on CEO characteristics, board composition, and ESG performance. 

Currently, she serves as a graduate tutor for the Corporate Finance and Strategy module at Cardiff University.

Dr. Onur Tosun is an Associate Professor (Reader) of Finance, a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and also directs Cardiff Sustainable Finance Research Group and Sustainable Society Research Alliance. He has joined Cardiff Business School in 2019. Previously, I has worked at Warwick Business School, and holds a PhD majoring in Finance and minoring in Economics from Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

His research interest focuses on executive compensation, capital structure, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and institutional investors. His academic work has been published in British Journal of Management, Financial Management, European Financial Management, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, European Journal of Finance, Financial Review, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, International Review of Financial Analysis, Finance Research Letters, Global Finance Journal, Economics Letters, and discussed in the media including Financial Times, Business Review Europe, Business Standard, South China Morning Post, Money Radio, Global Radio, Heart Wales Radio, Capital FM, LBC News, Asharq News TV - Bloomberg, NYU School of Law Blog, Harvard Law School Forum, The Columbia Law School Blog. I am an Associate Editor of Finance Research Letters, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, and conduct reviews regularly for other journals in the field.

He has been teaching courses on corporate finance, financial markets, and managerial finance at undergraduate, master's, MBA and EMBA level.

Arman Eshraghi is a professor of finance with 15 years of experience in academic research, education and leadership following a professional background in financial services. He leads two interdisciplinary research groups on financial technology and behavioral finance, serves as managing/associate editor in several peer-reviewed journals, and acts as consultant to financial firms. His research spans across investments, behavioral finance, corporate finance and financial technology. Arman’s work is published in some leading journals of finance, accounting and management, and is regularly cited in the media. He has delivered award-winning teaching to student and executive cohorts in the UK, Europe and Asia.