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Dani Saghafi serves as an Honorary Reader at Brunel Business School within the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences at Brunel University of London. With over two decades of professional experience in corporate finance audit and financial due diligence across nine countries in Europe and the Middle East, she bridges industry practice and academia. Dani contributes to national policy as a member of ICAEW's Corporate Finance Faculty Technical Committee and serves on the board of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), leveraging her cultural agility to build international networks across regulatory bodies and academic communities.
Her academic qualifications include:
- BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP), 2020
- Fellowship of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), 2012
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), 2020
Dani's research centers on Sustainability Assurance and ESG due diligence as a current PhD candidate at Brunel University of London. Her scholarly work integrates deep industry expertise with academic rigor to address critical gaps in corporate sustainability reporting verification, emphasizing practical applications through her practitioner perspective in teaching. She actively explores how environmental, social, and governance frameworks intersect with traditional audit methodologies in evolving regulatory landscapes.
Her professional recognitions include:
- Fellowship of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
In academic leadership, Dani directs the BSc Accounting and Business Management programme while teaching core courses including Auditing & Assurance, Issues and Controversies in Accounting Project, Entrepreneurial Finance, and MBA-level Business & Corporate Finance. She enriches curricula by embedding real-world case studies from her international corporate finance career, fostering industry-academia connections through employer partnerships and practitioner guest lectures to prepare students for complex financial roles.
