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Lazarus Tapuwa Mabvira

Lecturer

Accounting, Banking, Governance, Risk Management and Finance

Department of Business , Royal Docks School Of Business And Law

Dr Lazarus Tapuwa Mabvira is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance. He is the current Course Leader for the BSc Banking & Finance and a former Director of the UEL MBA. His educational qualifications include (among others) a PhD in Finance (with Econometrics) and MSc in Banking and Finance (with Distinction) from the University of Sussex; and a BSc in Accounting and Finance (1st Class) from the University of Surrey. Allied to this, Lazarus is also a triple charter holder in accounting, banking and governance.

Areas Of Interest

Banking Sector Competition, Financial Stability, Prudential Regulation, Financial Crisis, Corporate Governance, Financial Misreporting, Earnings Management, Fraud, Sustainability, Risk Management, Financial Econometrics

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OVERVIEW

Lazarus is a self-proclaimed “reluctant academic” who combines several years of academic experience with a varied professional background in and around the financial services arena.

He has extensive regulatory, compliance, risk management and development finance experience acquired from holding roles as Credit Risk Analyst, Divisional Accountant, Company Secretary, Bank Examiner and Financial Sector Specialist; all this from stints working within Banking, Reinsurance, Central Banking, Insurance & Pensions Regulation and a Multilateral Financial Institution. Lazarus leverages his varied academic and professional experience to enhance the students experience within a higher education setting. Pursuant of the same objective, he is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA), a Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE) and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).

CURRENT RESEARCH

Lazarus’s current research interests include banking competition and financial stability, corporate governance and financial misreporting, prudential regulation and risk management in financial institutions, mergers and acquisitions, green finance and sustainability. He is willing to engage with prospective students in and around his areas of research interest.

PUBLICATIONS

Conference Paper
Mabvira, L.T. 2023. Corporate governance and financial misreporting in US commercial banks subject to SEC enforcement actions. The British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) Conference. Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Conference Paper
Mabvira, L.T. 2019. Market power, bank risk, and financial stability. New evidence from the G7 economies. The International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) Conference. Angers, France.

Conference Paper
Mabvira, L.T. 2019. Competition and financial misreporting in the US financial services industry. The case of SEC AAERs. The British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) Conference. Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Conference Paper
Mabvira, L.T. 2018. Market power, bank risk, and financial stability. New evidence from the G7 economies. The South East Network for Social Sciences (SENSS) Summer Conference. Kent, United Kingdom.

Conference Paper
Mabvira, L.T. 2017. Corporate governance and financial misreporting in US commercial banks subject to SEC enforcement actions. The International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) Conference. Ningbo, China. 

Conference Paper
Mabvira, L.T. 2017. Competition and financial misreporting in the US financial services industry. The case of SEC AAERs. The British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) Conference. Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Conference Paper
Mabvira, L.T. 2016. Competition and financial misreporting in the US financial services industry. The case of SEC AAERs. The British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA-SEAG) Conference. London, United Kingdom.

Conference Paper
Mabvira, L.T. 2016. Market power, bank risk, and financial stability. New evidence from the G7 economies. The 4th European Conference on Banking and the Economy (ECOBATE). Winchester, United Kingdom.

Conference Paper
Mabvira, L.T. 2016. Market power, bank risk, and financial stability. New evidence from the G7 economies. The International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) Conference. Barcelona, Spain.
 

FUNDING

TEACHING

MSc Professional Accounting

Learn how to apply professional accounting theory to practice, familiarise with the profession's latest thinking, techniques and practices.

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MODULES

POSTGRADUATE

  • Bank Credit and Investments Management
  • Risk Management in Banking and Corporate Finance
  • Strategic Business Leader
  • Managing Finance & HR for Sustainable Business Success
  • Governance and Accountability
  • Accounting & Finance for Managers


UNDERGRADUATE

  • Foundations and Applications of FinTech
  • Business Law
  • Corporate Social Responsibility & Ethics
  • Financial Management