Rehman is a Lecturer in Accountancy and Finance. His research interests primarily focus on the monitoring role of foreign institutional investors in corporate strategic decisions worldwide, alongside institutional investor activism and ESG considerations. Rehman has contributed to publications in peer-reviewed journals of international repute, including the International Review of Financial Analysis, Economics Letters, and the International Journal of Managerial Finance.

Rehman is an active member of the Japan Finance Association and has a background as a former Japanese MEXT Research fellow. He completed his PhD at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2016, having previously served as a Research Student at Hitotsubashi University until 2012. Before joining the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics in 2024, he held the position of Assistant Professor of Finance and Investment at NUST Business School from July 2016 to February 2024.

Rehman’s research centres on studying various dimensions related to the effectiveness of monitoring by foreign institutional investors in corporate strategic decisions around the world. His research explores multifaceted aspects of foreign institutional monitoring, including investment horizon, activism, economic weights within cross-border portfolios, and governance quality in the home countries of foreign investors.

Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Applied Time, Series Forecasting, Financial Econometrics.