Department: Finance and Business Law (FBL), Westminster Business School

Position: Senior Lecturer

Contact:
+44 (0)20 7911 5000
a.benamraoui@westminster.ac.uk

Education

PhD, University of Greenwich
BSc (Hons) Finance, University of Constantine

Biography

Abdelhafid Benamraoui joined WBS in January 2006. He has a First Class Honours degree in Finance from the University of Constantine and a PhD in Finance from the University of Greenwich Business School. His academic career spans across nine years in which he developed and taught various modules in accounting and finance, including Financial Accounting; Managerial Accounting; Corporate Finance; and Financial Markets at the University of Greenwich Business School, European Business School and University of Westminster. Abdelhafid supervised many undergraduate, postgraduate and executive research projects. He has also involved in the validation of MBA and postgraduate courses.

Teaching

Abdelhafid teaches Fundamentals of Financial Accounting; Strategic Financial Management; Managerial Accounting and Performance Measurement; Advanced Financial Accounting; and International Finance.

Abdelhafid has been involved in the delivery of SII training courses since 2005. He has also delivered training sessions to senior managers on various occasions.

Research

Abdelhafid has ten years experience in research. His research interests are in the areas of electronic banking, financial reforms in transitional economies and non-interest banking and finance. He has published and presented many research papers at both national and international conferences.

Conferences and professional practice

During Abdelhafid's employment at the European Business School he developed an innovative executive programme for the Agricultural Bank of China (the fourth largest bank in China).

Publications 

Journal articles

• Benamraoui, A (2008). An Analysis of Foreign Banks Financial Performance in the UK. Global Business & Economics Anthology, Volume II, ISSN: 1553-1392, PP. 42-53.
• Benamraoui, A. (2008). Islamic Banking: The Case of Algeria. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 113-131, ISSN: 1753-8394.
• Benamraoui, A. (2007). The Effects of Financial Innovations and the Internet on the Banking Industry. Global Business & Economics Anthology', Volume I, ISSN: 1553-1392, PP. 323-336.
• Benamraoui, A. (2006). The Effects of Financial Liberalisation on the Banking Sector of Transitional Economies. Westminster Service Sector Research Centre. ISBN: 0-9552685-1-6; ISSN: 1750-6336, pp. 1-18.
• Benamraoui, A. (2005). Understanding the Rules of Financial Innovations. Sydney: Financial Markets Asia-Pacific Conference Proceedings, ISBN 1 74108 096 7.
• Benamraoui, A. (2004). Interest Versus Non-Interest Banking Model, London: Accounting and Finance in Transition, Volume I, pp. 653-671, ISBN 1-86166-204-1.

Conferences

• Benamraoui, A. The Financial Effects of Liquidity Crisis on the USA and the UK Mortgage Markets, Eurasia Business and Economics Society International Conference, Istanbul, June 2009.
• Benamraoui, A. An Analysis of Foreign Banks Financial Performance in the UK. The paper is presented at the Business & Economics Society International (B&ESI) Conference, Lugano, July 2008.
• Benamraoui, A. Globalising Financial Services in Algeria. The paper is presented at the 5th International Business Research Conference, Dubai, April 2007.
• Benamraoui, A. The implications of the advances in information technology on modern banking. The paper is presented at the Business & Economics Society International (B&ESI) Conference, Florence, July 2006.
• Benamraoui, A. Financial Liberalisation: Lessons from the Literature on Transitional Economies. The paper is presented at the East West Annual Conference, London, July 2005.
• Benamraoui, A. Understanding the Rules of Financial Innovations. The paper is presented at the Financial Markets Asia-Pacific Conference, Sydney, May 2005.
• Benamraoui, A. The Effects of the Internet and Financial Innovation on the Banking Industry. The paper is presented at the East West Annual Conference, Kavala (Greece), July 2004.