Professor Bala Shanmugam

BA(Hons) Banking Insurance Finance Wale, MBS(Banking) Dublin PhD Wollongong AAIB(Snr), Fellow ICAS, Associate Institute of Asian Studies, Member Chartered Institute of Bankers UK

Professor Bala Shanmugam is the Director of the Banking and Finance Unit in the School of Business and Information Technology, Monash University, Malaysia. He also holds the Chair of Accounting and Finance. His last appointment was Associate Professor of Banking and Finance at the University of New England, Armidale Australia. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Wollongong, a Master of Business Studies (Banking) Honours from the National University of Ireland, Dublin, and Bachelor of Arts Honours (Banking) from the University of Wales, Bangor.

Professor Shanmugam has extensive industry experience, has published extensively (over 40 refereed publications and 15 books), and has served as editor for a number of journals. His book on Bank Management has been the standard text for tertiary level as well as professional studies in Banking in several Commonwealth countries (including Australia and Malaysia). Professor Shanmugam is a co-author of E-Banking in Malaysia, 2002.