Dr. Sitara Karim is an Associate Professor of Finance / FinTech at Sunway Business School, Sunway University, Malaysia. She obtained her Ph.D. in Finance and Banking from the Northern University of Malaysia. She is performing her tasks in research and publications, and teaching and excellence quite diligently. She is serving as Associate Editor of the International Review of Economics and Finance (SCOPUS Q1; ABDC: A, ABS: 2, IF: 3.393). She is also Guest Editing a Special Issue in Energy Economics (ABDC: A, ABS: 3*, IF: 9.252, SCOPUS: Q1). She is supervising several PhD and Master research students and inspiring other early research careers. She is a fellow of Center for Market Education Malaysia. She has remained Distinguished Speaker at various International Conferences, Workshops, and Events. She is European Marketing and Management Association Women's Forum Member. She is an active and keen researcher with dynamic teaching and research experience of corporate finance and its allied areas. Along with her role as Guest Editor, she is serving as an Editorial Advisory Board Member of Heliyon (Business and Economics) and Review of International Business and Strategy. She is currently AEIC Annual Academic Committee Member and an expert reviewer at AI Scholar. She is a dynamic research scholar who readily delves into the new trends and challenges related to financial economics, cryptocurrencies, financial markets, green finance, artificial intelligence, financial technologies, sustainable corporate governance, women in corporate boardrooms, board ethnicity, etc. She is having more than 9 years of teaching and 12 years of research experience. She is a Gold Medalist in MBA Program. She has several top-ranked publications ranging from SCIE, SSCI, WoS, and SCOPUS.