Academic Committee

Professor Viet Anh Dang,
Professor of Finance, Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester University.

Professor Viet Anh Dang is a Professor of Finance at Alliance Manchester Business School and an Editor of the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting (ABS3/ABDC A*). His research focuses on empirical corporate finance and sustainability.

Professor Dang received his PhD in Financial Economics from Leeds University Business School, with his doctoral research receiving the Best PhD Paper Award at the Financial Management Association (FMA) European Conference. His subsequent research has received or been shortlisted for several international best paper awards and has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the British Academy, and The Productivity Institute. His work has appeared in leading journals including the Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking & Finance, and British Journal of Management, and has been featured by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Forbes. Professor Dang is a Fellow of the ESRC Peer Review College and currently serves as Vice President and Executive Committee member of the Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK and Ireland (VIS).

Professor Thanh Ngo, Ph.D., CFA, CFP, CPA, CMA, CFE
Professor of Finance and Insurance, College of Business, East Carolina University

Professor Thanh Ngo is a Professor of Finance and Insurance at the College of Business, East Carolina University, and currently serves as Interim Director of the university’s Bureau of Business Research. She received her Ph.D. in Finance from Florida Atlantic University in 2007 and holds the CFA, CFP, CPA, CMA, and CFE designations. Her research interests span corporate finance, international finance, financial institutions, and investments.

Professor Ngo has authored more than 130 refereed publications, with work appearing in journals including the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, The Financial Review, and Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. She serves as an Associate Editor of Applied Economics and Applied Economics Letters, and as Vice President of Finance and a board member of the Academy of Financial Services. She brings nineteen years of university teaching across investments, security analysis and portfolio management, international finance, and financial management at both undergraduate and graduate levels, with an emphasis on real market data and hands-on valuation modeling. Originally from Ho Chi Minh City, she is pleased to support the development of finance students in Vietnam through the VFCC.

Dr. Anh Pham,
Senior Lecturer in Finance,
RMIT University

Anh also collaborates closely with industry partners on applied research in the area of superannuation and investment management. He has extensive teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels across a broad range of finance subjects, including corporate finance, investment analysis, financial derivatives, and international finance.