I am an Associate Professor of Finance at the College of Business, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Saudi Arabia. I hold a PhD in Finance from the University of Cergy-Pontoise (Paris, France) and a Balanced Scorecard Certification from George Washington University (2017). My research interests encompass market finance, corporate finance, Islamic finance, venture capital, and entrepreneurship, with a particular focus on startup financing and impact investment. My work has been published in leading international journals, including Borsa İstanbul Review, the Journal of Asset Management, International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Empirical Economics Letters, Multinational Finance Journal, Journal of Applied Econometrics and International Development, International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting, and International Research Journal of Finance.