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Dr Nirmala Lee
Nirmala Lee

Dr Nirmala Lee

Professor Nirmala Lee was a senior banker and banking consultant at international banks for many years in London and elsewhere prior to joining the University. She has been a visiting lecturer at universities and bank training centres including at Doha, Nice and Poitiers. Nirmala has retained her links with the banking industry through her involvement with the Financial Services Authority (FSA)/National Institute for Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)’s Financial Literacy Advisory Group, Financial Services Skills Council and other bodies, and through FSA (now FCA), she enabled the University to receive funding for developing a Personal Finance module. She has been responsible for the
meeting of University and Industry by developing links with Standard Chartered Bank and the International Compliance Association (ICA).

Nirmala was an invited Panel Speaker at the G20 Think-Tank T20 Forum, she has given interviews for Zhejiang Television, China and for the BBC World Service on Forex rigging. She has presented papers internationally in the USA, Cuba, Spain, Czech Republic, India, Hong Kong and Cyprus. A gold medallist from her master’s programme, and a PhD from the University of London, she is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB).

Dr. Lee's teaching expertise includes commercial and investment banking, financial regulation and compliance, empirical research in banking and finance, bank lending, personal finance and financial markets. She coordinated HE policy and strategy as Executive Officer to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor.

 

  • Lee, N. (2023) ‘Mindfulness’ in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management ed Springer.
  • Lee, N. (2022) ‘Compliance’ in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management ed Springer.
  • Lee, N. (2022) ‘Insider Trading’ in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management ed Springer.
  • Lee, N. (2022) ‘Moral Hazard’ in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management ed Springer.
  • Lee, N. (2022) 'The Cost-of-Living Crisis: What, Why and What Next' published as 'expert commentary' in the University's website at https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/expert-commentary/2022/august/the-cost-of-living-crisis-what-why-and-what-next/
  • Lee, N. (2021) ‘The economic impact of Covid: a bounce back after recession?’ https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/expert-commentary/2021/june/the-economic-impact-of-covid-a-bounce-back-after-recession-/
  • Lee, N. (2020) ‘Phronesis’ in Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management ed Springer publicised by the University at https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/articles/the-importance-of-practical-wisdom-and-thoughtful-action-/
  • Lee, N. and Lee V. J. (2018) ‘Bank Lending: Principles and Practice’ Gosbrook Professional Publishing Ltd, Reading ISBN: 978 1 91218 404 0 (paperback), 978 1 91218 405 7 (hard back), 978 1 91218 406 4 (ePub), 978 1 91218 407 1 (PDF)
  • Lee, N. (2017) 'Walking the Second Mile before the First: A Corporate Social Responsibility Conundrum?' in 'Stages of Corporate Social Responsibility: From Ideas to Impacts' edited by Vertigans, S. and Idowu, S., Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland. ISSN 2196-7075; ISSN 2196-7083 (electronic); ISBN 978-3-319-43535-0; ISBN 978-3-319-43536-7 (eBook).
  • Lee, N. (Accepted 2015) ‘What is financial literacy, and does financial literacy education achieve its objectives? Evidence from banks, government agencies and financial literacy educators in England’ Accepted for publication: JBE20150302-3 Paper Acceptance Notice Journal of Business and Economics, USA, Academic Star Publishing (ISSN: 2155-7950)
  • Lee, N. (2015) ‘Global Financial Markets’, ‘Financial Conduct Authority’ and other contributions In: 'Dictionary of Corporate Social Responsibility', Series: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance (2015) Idowu, S.O., Capaldi, N., Fifka, M., Zu, L., Schmidpeter, R. (eds.) Springer, Berlin (ISBN 978-3-319-10535-2) - Awarded the ‘Year’s Outstanding Business Reference Sources’ in 2016 by the American Library Association (ALA’s) Reference and User Services Association (RUSA’s) Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) in Boston USA http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2016/01/10/years-most-outstanding-business-reference-sources-announced-by-rusas-business-reference-and-services-section-brass/
  • Lee, N. (2008) ‘Principles of Lending’ published by the Institute of Financial Services School of Finance, incorporated by Royal Charter, with ISBN: 978-1-84516-751-6, and by Global Professional Publishing with ISBN: 978-1-906403-20-1 (prescribed as core reading for professional bankers writing the Chartered Institute of Bankers examinations in the UK and internationally)
  • Coben, D. Dawes, M and Lee, N. (2005) Research Report for the DfES: ‘Financial Literacy Education and Skills for Life’ with Professor D. Coben and M. Dawes, National Research and Development Centre for adult literacy and numeracy (ISBN: 1 905188 03 X)
  • Lee, N. (2001) The University, the Industry and the Economy: Can Continuous Financial Literacy Development (CFLD) Become a Reality?’ in ‘University and its students’ Daum, S. and Kruta, T. (eds.) Charles University, Prague (ISBN 80-246-0664-X)
  • Lee, N. and Lee V. J. (2018) ‘Bank Lending: Principles and Practice’ Gosbrook Professional Publishing Ltd, Reading ISBN: 978 1 91218 404 0 (paperback), 978 1 91218 405 7 (hard back), 978 1 91218 406 4 (ePub), 978 1 91218 407 1 (PDF)
  • Lee, N. (2017) 'Walking the Second Mile before the First: A Corporate Social Responsibility Conundrum?' in 'Stages of Corporate Social Responsibility: From Ideas to Impacts' edited by Vertigans, S. and Idowu, S., Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland. ISSN 2196-7075; ISSN 2196-7083 (electronic); ISBN 978-3-319-43535-0; ISBN 978-3-319-43536-7 (eBook).
  • Lee, N. (2016) 'Walking the Second Mile before the First: A CSR Conundrum?' in 'Stages of Corporate Social Responsibility: From Ideas to Impacts' edited by Vertigans, S. and Idowu, S., accepted for publication by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham.
  • Lee, N. (2015) ‘Global Financial Markets’, ‘Financial Conduct Authority’ and other contributions In: 'Dictionary of Corporate Social Responsibility',
  • Series: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance (2015)Lee.N Idowu, S.O., Capaldi, N., Fifka, M., Zu, L., Schmidpeter, R. (eds.) Springer, Berlin (ISBN 978-3-319-10535-2) What is financial literacy, and does financial literacy education achieve its objectives? Evidence from banks, government agencies and financial literacy educators in England’ (2012) the Academy of Financial Services Annual Conference at San Antonio, Texas ‘Principles of Lending’ (2008) Peer-reviewed text book published by the Institute of Financial Services School of Finance, incorporated by Royal Charter, with ISBN: 978-1-84516-751-6, and by Global Professional Publishing with ISBN: 978-1-906403-20-1
  • Coben, D. Dawes, M and Lee, N. (2005) Research Report for the DfES: ‘Financial Literacy Education and Skills for Life’ with Professor D. Coben and M. Dawes, National Research and Development Centre for adult literacy and numeracy (ISBN: 1 905188 03 X)
  • Lee, N. (2001) The University, the Industry and the Economy: Can Continuous Financial Literacy Development (CFLD) Become a Reality?’ in ‘University and its students’ Daum, S. and Kruta, T. (eds.) Charles University, Prague (ISBN 80-246-0664-X)

 

  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Expert commentary on Banking and finance

Dr. Nirmala Lee,
Associate Professor and Head of Subject (Accounting, Banking and Finance)
n.lee@londonmet.ac.uk

Professor Lee's research interests includes personal finance, financial literacy, financial literacy education and financial markets. She participates in research activities organised by the GSBL Centre for Performance with Purpose, and Research and Knowledge Exchange Virtual Drop-Ins.

  • 2019-2024 Invited Member of the Global Principal Fellow Network
  • 2018, 2024 External Examiner for PhD, DBA for University of Northumbria
  • 2023-24 External Examiner for PhD for University of Huddersfield
  • 2018-2023 Appointed Board Member and Section Editor for Encyclopaedia of Sustainable Management by Springer
  • 2021-23 Invited peer reviewer for Gender in Management: an International Journal, Emerald Group
  • 2021 Invited Speaker at Symposium on Ethics in Social Media in the 12th International Conference On Governance Fraud Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility, and the 12th Women And Business Conference (IWBC), London Metropolitan University, 17 December 2021
  • 2021 Group Chair, the International Conference on Sustainable Cooperative and Social Entrepreneurship organised by London Metropolitan University with Trakya University, Turkey and Garden City University, India, 29 October 2021
  • 2018-2022 External Examiner, London Institute of Banking and Finance for the Professional Diploma in Banking Practice and Management (PDPM) and Module External Examiner
  • 2020 External PhD Examiner for Glyndwr University, Wales.
  • 2016-2017 Key person at GSBL for the establishment of a Business Conference by London South Bank University, Northumbria University and GSBL
  • 2016 Invited Panel Speaker at the G20 Think-Tank T20 Forum hosted in Hangzhou, China.
  • 2014-2015 Visiting Faculty and Scholar, New York University
  • 2015-2016 Peer-Reviewer for the journal Africa Education Review, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
  • 2015 External Panel Member for Course Approval Event of University of Bedfordshire’s franchise with STI Myanmar University for MBA and BA (Hons) top-ups
  • 2014-2015 E-Learning Reviewer for the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments
  • 2014-2017 External Examiner, University of Bedfordshire, for MSc courses on ‘Investment and Finance’, ‘Accounting and Business Finance’, and ‘International Finance and Banking’
  • 2013-2017 External Examiner, Westminster University, for finance-related modules in the department of Accounting, Finance and Governance at Westminster Business School
  • 1998-2015 Examiner, the Institute of Export
  • 2014 External Assessor in the validation panel of Greenwich University for the postgraduate Banking and Finance degree at Institut de Préparation à l'Administration Générale (IPAG) Business School, Paris
  • 2013 External Assessor in the validation panel of Middlesex University for the postgraduate Financial Management and undergraduate Financial Economics degrees at Mykolai Romeris University at Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2005-2012 Member of the Financial Services Authority (FSA, now FCA) / National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) Advisory Group on Financial Literacy for Older People informing national policy and strategy on financial literacy education
  • 2006-2012 Member of the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)/Financial Services Authority (FSA) Financial Learning Qualifications and Accreditation Group
  • 2005-2006 University representative at the Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) Provider Steering Group for the development of ‘Financial Services Foundation Degree Framework’
  • 2008 External Assessor for the validation of Postgraduate Banking Degree at University of Bedfordshire
  • 1996-2007 Directorate/Council Member/Website Manager for of the Teachers and Trainers of Financial Services
  • 2003-2004 Member of the Financial Literacy Older People Steering Group for Hackney
  • 2015, Management of the YMCA Student Hostel: Chair of Personnel Committee, Member of the
  • 2000–2004 Management Committee, 2015; Member of Finance Committee and House Committee, 2000–04
  • 1997 External Assessor for validation of PG Diploma at Middlesex University
  • 1996-2005 Consultant Tutor for the Chartered Institute of Bankers, for The Monetary and Financial System; wrote Manual for ‘Retailing of Financial Services’
  • 1995-1998 Consultant for competitive banking strategies for non-resident customers at Barclays Premier International