Dr. Zia is a Head of Accounting and Finance at International College of Dundee, University of Dundee. Dr. Zia completed his PhD in Accounting and Finance at the School of Business, University of Dundee in September 2020. His PhD thesis title was 'Corporate Governance Failures in Pakistan - Perceptions, Causes and Implications'. Dr. Zia was supervised by Prof. Bruce Burton and Dr. Elizabeth Monk, and externally examined by Prof. Jill Atkins. Prof. Burton is Professor of Finance at School of Business, University of Dundee. He is also the Director of the Centre for Qualitative Research in Finance (CQRF) and Founding Editor of Qualitative Research in Financial Markets (QRFM). Professor Burton has published more than 70 articles, book chapters and monographs in leading academic outlets focusing on corporate and market failures and challenges to the conventional notions underpinning studies of modern financial markets.