Prof. Simon Grima is the the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Insurance and Risk Management which he set up in 2015 and started and coordinates the MA and MSc Insurance and Risk Management degrees together with the B. Com in Insurance at the University of Malta. Simon is also a Professor at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Business, Management and Economics and a visiting Professor at UNICATT Milan. He served as the President of the Malta Association of Risk Management (MARM) and President of the Malta Association of Compliance Officers (MACO) between 2013 and 2015, and between 2016 and 2018 respectively. Moreover, he is the chairman of the Scientific Education Committee of the Public Risk Management Organization (PRIMO) and the Federation of European Risk Managers (FERMA). His research focus is on Governance, Regulations and Internal Controls and has over 30 years of experience varied between Financial Services, academia and public entities. He has acted as co-chair and is a member of the scientific program committee on some international conferences and is a chief editor, editor and review editor of some Journals and Book Series. He has been awarded outstanding reviewer for Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance in the 2017 Emerald Literati Awards. Moreover, Simon acts as an Independent Director for Financial Services Firms, sits on Risk, Compliance, Procurement, Investment and Audit Committees and carries out duties as a Compliance Officer, Internal Auditor and Risk Manager.

More information about Prof. Simon Grima and his research works can be found at institutional webpage; Web of Science: O-5299-2015; Loop: 48395; Scopus: 57151215400; ORCID; Google Scholar; Research gate.

Prof. Ercan Özen, received his BSc in Public Finance (1994) in Anadolu University, MSc in Business-Accounting (1997), PhD in Business Finance (2008) from University of Afyon Kocatepe. Now he is professor in department of finance and banking, Faculty of Applied Sciences, "University of Uşak, Türkiye (Turkey). His current research interests include different aspects of Finance such as Capital Markets, Financial Literacy and Financial Analysis. He has (co-) authored about 20 book Projects and 100 scientific papers, more than 50 conferences participations, member in International Program Committee of 3 conferences and workshops. He is chair of International Applied Social Sciences Congress (C-iasoS)- https://iasoscongress.org/en/. He manages “The Journal of Corporate Governance, Insurance, and Risk Management (JCGIRM), https://jcgirm.com/“ as one of the Co-Editor in Chiefs as well. The Editor also is certificated accountant, member of Agean Finance Association and member of TEMA (Turkey Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Resources Foundation.)

More information about Prof. Ercan Özen and his research works can be found at ORCID; ResearchGate; Google Scholar.

Prof. Dr. Igor Todorovic serves as Associate Professor in field of Management at University of Banja Luka, and teaches subjects like Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Quality Management, and Quality and Competitiveness and Research Methods. He received a Bachelor Commerce in Accounting at The University of Canberra, Faculty of Business and Government, a Master of Science at The University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics, and a PhD at The University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics. He has been engaging in post-doctorate research in Corporate Governance in SOEs at University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, and Aston University, Aston Business School, Birmingham. Currently, Prof. Dr. Igor Todorovic sits in the editorial board of several peer-reviewed academic journals, and leads the transnational project COST Action CA17125 - Public Value Capture of Increasing Property Values.

More information about Prof. Dr. Igor Todorovic and his research works can be found at ORCID; ResearchGate; Google Scholar.