Dr. Sitara Karim is a Professor of Finance/ FinTech. She has been recognized as the World's Top 2% Scientist in Financial Economics in 2023 & 2024 (Stanford University Rankings/ Elsevier). She won the "Dean's Excellence in Research Award" in 2023 & 2024 by Sunway Business School, Sunway University, Malaysia. She has been Awarded as "Outstanding Reviewer" under the Emerald Literati Award (2023). She is serving as an Associate Editor of the International Review of Economics and Finance (SCOPUS Q1; ABDC: A, ABS: 2, IF: 3.393) and served as Section Editor (Economics & Business) in MethodsX Journal (Elsevier). She is also Guest Editing a Special Issue in Energy Economics (ABDC: A, ABS: 3*, IF: 9.252, SCOPUS: Q1) and Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change (ABDC: B, ABD: 2, IF: 1.90; SCOPUS: Q2). She is supervising several Ph.D. and Master research students and inspiring other early research careers. She has published in various top-tier journals e.g. European Financial Management, British Journal of Management, The European Journal of Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, International Review of Financial Analysis, International Review of Economics and Finance, Finance Research Letters, Energy Economics, Economics Letters, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and so on. She is the European Marketing and Management Association Women's Forum Member. She is a dynamic research scholar who readily delves into the new trends and challenges related to financial economics, cryptocurrencies, financial markets, green finance, artificial intelligence, financial technologies, sustainable corporate governance, women in corporate boardrooms, board ethnicity, etc. She has more than 9 years of teaching and 12 years of research experience. She is a Gold Medalist in the MBA Program.