Dr. Mohd Zulkhairi Mustapha is a Professor in the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya. He holds a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from Cardiff University, United Kingdom, and is an associate member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA).

He currently serves as the Director of Universiti Malaya Business School. Over the years, he has held several key administrative positions, including Deputy Dean (Undergraduate), Head of the Department of Accounting, Head of the Customer Feedback and Improvement Unit at the Quality Management Enhancement Centre (QMEC), and Coordinator of the Bachelor of Accounting programme.

With over two decades of teaching and research experience across undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional programmes, Dr. Mohd Zulkhairi is recognised for his expertise in taxation and corporate governance. He has served as an examiner for several professional bodies, including the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM), the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA), and the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA).

His contributions to curriculum development are well acknowledged. He has served as an internal programme assessor at the Universiti Malaya, a taxation expert reviewer for Halatuju Accounting Programme 4, an external examiner for the Bachelor of Accounting and Finance at First City University, and a member of the advisory board for the Bachelor of Accounting programme at Malaysian polytechnics under the Ministry of Higher Education.

Dr. Mohd Zulkhairi’s research interests include tax governance, tax compliance, international taxation, ESG, and internal corporate governance mechanisms. He has published extensively in reputable accounting and management journals and conducted consultancy projects that informed government policies and decision-making. He is also a regular reviewer of research proposals and academic articles, a thesis examiner, and a guest expert on local media such as TV3, Astro, and Bernama.

He is frequently invited by universities and professional bodies to deliver lectures, seminars, and training on taxation and corporate governance. To date, he has secured research grants exceeding half a million ringgit from various public and private agencies, including the Malaysian Tax Research Foundation (MTRF) and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA).

Dr. Mohd Zulkhairi also serves as Consulting Editor for the Asian Journal of Accounting Research (AJAR), a Scopus-indexed journal, and was formerly the Area Managing Editor for the Asian Journal of Business and Accounting (AJBA).