{"id":94,"date":"2018-09-11T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T10:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2026-02-02T06:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:30:28","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/management.finance\/azeez\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;229&#8243; img_size=&#8221;225*300&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Senior Professor A. A. Azeez<\/h1>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Department of Finance, Faculty of Management and Finance<\/h3>\n<h4>Email: aazeez72@dfn.cmb.ac.lk<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">BIOGRAPHY<\/h2>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senior\u00a0Prof. Athambawa Abdul Azeez has been serving the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, since 1991. He currently holds the post of Professor in Finance and Dean of the Faculty of graduate Studies. He was the former Head of Department of Finance and Coordinator of Postgraduate and mid-career development Unit of the Faculty of Management and Finance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He obtained his Ph.D. with Finance Specialization from the Yokohama National University in Japan, MBA from the University of Colombo and B. Com. (Hons) from the University of Peradeniya. He is a recipient of the prestigious Japanese Government Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Monbukagakusho. He is also a recipient of Japan Foundation Fellowship under which he conducted his post-doctoral research at the Waseda University in Japan in 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof. Azeez is actively engaged in conducting research, teaching and evaluating undergraduate and graduate courses, and supervising undergraduate, masters and Phil\/PhD level research. He has already contributed to producing two PhD in the field of finance at the University of Colombo. He teaches Financial Management, Investment Management, Contemporary Issues in Finance, Financial Econometrics and Business Statistics. \u00a0He has publications in a number of international and local journals including <em>Japan and the World Economy, The<\/em><em> Global Economy and Finance Journal<strong>, <\/strong>International Journal of Accounting and Finance, <\/em><em>International Journal of Electronic Finance, International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, Asian Economic and Financial Review, Journal of Finance and Bank Management, and The International Journal of Accounting and Business Society<\/em>. He also presented papers at many local and international conferences held in Japan, Malaysia, India, Australia and the United Kingdom. He has contributed to several publications as a member of research and editorial teams.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Qualifications, Fellowships and Certifications<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">PhD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\"> <\/p><p class=\"where\">YNU, Japan<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">MBA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\"> <\/p><p class=\"where\">University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">BCom<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\"> <\/p><p class=\"where\">Peradeniya<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">Japan Foundation Fellow<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\"> <\/p><p class=\"where\">Waseda University, Japan<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Positions<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Now<\/span><span> 2026<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Senior Professor <\/h4><p>University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2026<\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Professor <\/h4><p>University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span> Now<\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Dean <\/h4><p>Faculty of graduate Studies<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span> <\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Founder Coordinator of the Doctor of Business Administration Programme<\/h4><p> Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span> <\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Unit Coordinator- Postgraduate and Mid-Career Development Unit <\/h4><p>University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span> <\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Coordinator-Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and Cocordinator of Post-graduate Diploma in Manufacturing Managemnt<\/h4><p>Faculy of Graduate Studies<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span> <\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Former Head <\/h4><p>Department of Finance<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span> <\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Former coordinator<\/h4><p>MBA in Finance Program<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span> <\/span><span> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Former Chairperson<\/h4><p>Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Faculty of Management and Finance<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;229&#8243; 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