Associate Professor
ance
Ahlia University
Bahrain
Sameh Reyad, Associate Professor, since 2015. Was born in 1973 in Cairo- Egypt. Holding Bachelor degree in Accounting from Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration- Helwan University (Egypt). Obtained master degree and PhD in Accounting from Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration- Helwan University, Cairo-Egypt in 2008, he is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) from Institute of Certified Management Accountants (USA) in March 2009 and Joined Ahlia University in 2009 as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Reyad had more than 22 years’ experience in the Academic Field, worked in many Academic institutions in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. He is Consultant in Saudi organization for certified public accountants (SOCPA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since July 2014. He has more than 20 papers published in regional and international Journals that discussed several accounting, financial and economic issues concerning Arab Region, He was honored several times in Ahlia Research day for his research activity. In addition he is an Editorial Board Member in International Journal of Empirical Finance, Research Academy of Social Sciences since October 2013 and Editorial Board Member in Journal of Management sciences since April 2014 Geist Science. Dr. Reyad is a Member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), U.S.A since November 2008, Member of the Bahrain Management Society (BMS), Kingdom of Bahrain since January 2010 and Member of American Association of International Researchers (AAIR), American Research Institute for Policy Development since January 2014. He is an Official Reviewer for many Academic journals like Journal of Economics and International Finance, U.S.A , Public Administration Journal, Institute of Public Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Attaawun Journal, The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Areas of research interests: Creative Accounting, Audit Committee Characteristics, Corporate Governance, Board Independence, Accounting Conservatism, Earnings Quality and Earnings Management