Dr. Md. Mahmudul Alam is an Associate Professor of Finance at Universiti Utara Malaysia and an Associate Fellow at University Technology MARA (Malaysia). He is a certified Financial Planner and certified Expert in Climate Adaptation Finance. He was awarded the AFFP Research Fellowship from Frankfurt School (Germany) and the Thailand Development Research Institute. He has received several awards from Elsevier, Emerald, Willy and Publons, and recognition from the BDRC (USA) as one of the “Top Bangladesh Development Researchers of the Millennium”. He has published more than 170 journal articles with more than a million readers in different online repository platforms. He has served as an editorial board member of 15 international journals. His research interests include financial markets, financial literacy, Islamic finance, sustainable finance, and sustainable development.