Our People - Financial Accounting

Born in Bangladesh, Muhammad completed high school in the UAE and moved to Canada for post-secondary education. He then completed his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen’s University. From there, he moved to Toronto to work at Deloitte’s Assurance & Advisory services, during which time he obtained his CPA, CA degrees.

He then moved back to Kingston again to complete an M.Sc. in Finance before finally completing a PhD in Accounting at the University of Toronto. Following the completion of his PhD, Muhammad joined the City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor and spent two years there before joining the University of Waterloo.

His primary research interests are in capital markets, specifically in the areas of ETFs, executive compensation, and financial reporting. He strives to do research that can have policy implications such as to better shape decision making for capital market participants.

Mingyue Zhang is an incoming Assistant Professor of Accounting at the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Waterloo. She is broadly interested in empirical capital market research in accounting, with a special focus on financial disclosure, intangible assets, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Her research is published in leading journals such as The Accounting Review.

Mingyue earned her Ph.D. in Accounting from Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and Master of Professional Accounting from Singapore Management University. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program, She accumulated work experience in accounting firms as an Auditor. Mingyue is also an affiliate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).