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ASSOC. PROF. DR. NOR ZALINA MOHAMAD YUSOF, CA(M), is an Associate Professor at the Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy, Universiti Utara Malaysia (TISSA-UUM). She is also the Head of Internal Audit at UUM. She earned her BSc. Accounting from University of Wales College of Cardiff (now known as Cardiff University), United Kingdom, in 1996; and later in 2002, her Master of Commerce (Professional Accounting) from University of Queensland, Australia. In 2012, she successfully defended her PhD Accounting with a dissertation on “Bumiputera Institution and the Development of Corporate Governance in Malaysia” at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Before switching to academia in the year 2000, she was an auditor at one audit firm in Alor Setar, Kedah. Her current research interests are in the areas of Sustainability / ESG Reporting, Corporate Governance, Auditing – in particular, Audit Quality, Forensic Accounting, and Accounting Education – employing qualitative research methods and critical perspective. She has been teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in UUM. As at to date, she has three PhD students graduated under her supervision and five others (including two doing Masters by research) are still in progress. Previously, she has served the School as the Director of the Institute for Strategic and Sustainable Accounting Development (ISSAD) [2022], Head of Department (Auditing and Accounting Information System) [2021]; Postgraduate Coordinator [2019-2020]; and Professional Programs Coordinator [2014-2016]. She is a full member of the Institute of Accountants (MIA); and an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). She was also a full member of CPA Australia from 2006 until 2022.
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