Dr Suman Lodh

Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
Department of Accounting, Finance and Informatics
Kingston Business School
Kingston Hill
Behaviour, Business and Policy

Associate Professor in Finance

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About

Dr Suman Lodh is a full-time Associate Professor in Finance at the Kingston Business School, Kingston University London.

His research career started with a PhD in Applied Economics under the supervision of Professor Maria R Battaggion (University of Bergamo, Italy) and Professor Gina O'Conor (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA). Suman's research lies at the intersection of corporate finance, financial reporting, and sustainability. His publications and projects have focused on corporate accountability towards climate change, biodiversity, corporate lobby, digital currency, and SME finance. He has published in top international journals including Journal of Business Ethics, International Review of Financial Analysis, Corporate Governance: An International Review and The International Journal of Accounting. My recent funded projects commissioned by the National Science Foundation (USA), Natural Environment Research Council, UKRI, Department of Business Strategy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), UK government, and London Borough of Hounslow emphasise on recovering green economy. His work has been featured on BBC Asian Network, UK Parliament website and CFA Digest.

Suman serves as the Treasurer and a member of the Executive Trustees of British Accounting and Finance Association, UK (BAFA) since 2021. He is an associate editor of International Review of Financial Analysis (AJG 3*) and Journal of Applied Accounting Research (AJG 2*) and in the editorial board of International Journal of Financial Studies, and Risk Governance & Control: Financial Markets & Institutions, and International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics.

Suman's research always feeds into his teaching and helps him to become an experienced educator with the ability to engage, inspire and demystify complex issues relevant to real world. He has taught Financial Econometrics, Corporate Finance, Financial Statement Analysis in the Post Graduate Programmes. He is passionate about the green recovery of economy as well as improving access to finance of early-stage local businesses.

For working paper see his personal website www.sumanlodh.com and Google Scholar.

Qualifications

PhD in Applied Economics
PGCert HE (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy)

Domains

Suman's passion has always been teaching Econometrics and its application in Accounting and Finance at postgraduate and PhD level. He designed and successfully delivered Advanced and Applied Econometrics modules for more than 10 years at Middlesex University, with an outstanding students' performance record. He also taught a range of modules, including corporate finance and corporate social responsibility at various levels.

Courses taught

Applied and Advanced Econometrics (Postgraduate)
Research Methods and Dissertation (Postgraduate)
Financial Econometrics and Financial Modelling (Postgraduate)
Corporate Finance (Postgraduate)
Financial Statement Analysis (Postgraduate)
Business Management in Emerging Market (Undergraduate)
Corporate Social Responsibility (Undergraduate).

Doctoral students – supervised to completion

Marian Mgbame: Thesis title – Risk management of CEO and CEO compensation.
Vishwanath Sadanand: Thesis title – FDI Spillovers in Emerging Market.
Tung Le: Thesis title – Momentum trading and investor sentiment.
Samirah Jugoo: Thesis title – Corporate governance and investment fund performance.
Jose Arias: Thesis title – Banking supervision and bank culture.
Shamol Miah: Thesis title – Mergers and acquisition and corporate reputation.
Ibrahim Khan: Thesis title – Environment performance and political connection.
Tomasz Godziek: Thesis Title – The impact of the macroeconomic conditions on the performance of the Software, Hardware and Semiconductor industry group indices.
Kofi Asumadu: Thesis Title – Demand for Guarantees and Investments in Africa Infrastructure

Qualifications

PhD in Economics

Courses taught

Suman's research interests include topics that can make an impact and a positive difference to businesses. Currently he is working on application of machine learning and blockchain in business, bank's performance, sustainability and few other related areas.

Impact

Suman has worked with small local companies in the UK and published the evidence on the UK Parliament website related to the impact of Covid-19 on their survival. He has also co-authored blog posts which are available on the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) website. His research has attracted the media; Suman was interviewed on BBC Asian Network radio channel in October 2020. His previous research has also got attention by CFA Digest (2015) and Mediterranean Dialogue (2017). Recently, he completed an impactful project funded by Chartered Institute of Taxation on Net-zero carbon target of UK.

Some of his research works are covered by media, such as CFA Digest, The Conversation, Mediterranean Dialogue and BBC Asian Network.

Happy to speak to media.

Research student supervision

Bella Nyamse
Marwh Thani
Fakhry Agabna Mustafa
Amina Amir

Qualifications

Financial econometrics, Machine Learning, and AI
Corporate Finance

Specialisms

Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology
SME Finance and Sustainability
Climate Change and Carbon Accounting
Earnings Management
Banking

Scholarly affiliations

Exec Trustee and Treasurer, British Accounting and Finance Association
Fellow, Association of International Accountants
UKRI Talent Peer Review College
British Academy of Management Peer Review College
Institute of Management Accountants (USA)- Technology Solutions & Practices Shared Interest Group

Suman has been a guest speaker at many leading universities, including Amity University, Gaur Banga University, and University of Engineering and Management, St Xavier's College (India), University of Eastern Finland (Finland), Dhofar University (Oman) and Brunel University London (workshops for PhD programme). In addition, he served as a panel member for International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) to discuss topics on related to blockchain and digital finance reports. He was also one of the esteemed panellists at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2022 (Accelerating progress on SDGs).

Recent funded projects

Institute of Management Accountants (USA): "Impact of IFRS S1 and S2 on transparency of environmental reporting: Challenges and way forward for the UK firms" ($28,800) (2025 - 2027) - Principal Investigator (with John Pereira and Kevin N'Guessan)
Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC): "Nature Positive SME Finance" - Co-Investigator. (£184K). (2023)
Developing framework for measuring London Borough of Hounslow (LBH) 2030 Green Economy Doubling Strategy – For London region, West London sub region and LBH. Academic Partner of Green Economy Programme of LB Hounslow. Co-investigator.(£120K) (2022-2024).
Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) and Finance for Biodiversity (F4B): SME Financing for Biodiversity: Building Nature Measurement and Impacts into SME Financing (‘SME FinBio') - with Agri-Food Sector Case Study Example. Principal Investigator (with Owen R and Lyon, F). (£100K). (2022)
Early stage high growth SMEs in the UK. - Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS-UK) (£10K) (2022).
Green tax and sustainable recovery (2021). Funder: Chartered Institute of Taxation, UK.
Social Enterprise and market trends (LSBS Survey Analysis). Funder: Department for Digital, Culture and Media Support (DCMS), UK.
The evaluation of the English ERDF 2014-20 Operational Programme (OP). In association with Regeris Consultant, Belmana and BMG Research (2018-21)- £1.9m
Productivity project funding: Round 2 (Productivity Insight Network) with Owen, R, Harier, T. (2020)- £46k.
Enterprise Research Center - Phase 3 Longitudinal Small Business Survey: SME Access to Finance. with Owen, R., Anwar, O., Botelho, T.(2018-2019)-£5k

Areas of interest

Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, SME Finance, Banking

Industry links

Research Engagement Lead -ARIMA Firms, Ghana

Publications

The interrelationship between digital access and modern slavery

Safieddine, Mohamad Ali, Lodh, Suman, Nandy, Monomita, Christ, Katherine Leanne and Burritt, Roger Leonard, 2026, Journal of Business Ethics, E-pub ahead of print

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