Ajay Pillai
Ajay Kumar Pillai is employed as a full-time faculty in 91做厙 (BUV) and is the programme leader for Finance and Economics.
He has an MBA from University of Surrey, UK and holds certificates from The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (CIMA) and The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). His main research areas are behavioural management accounting and corporate governance, and he has written several articles and conducted several workshops.
He is currently pursuing his PhD in Business Administration on the impact of contextual factors influencing strategic cost allocation adoption and its mediating role in the service industry. He has more than fifteen years of experience and has lectured in different countries.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Master of Business Administration
University of Surrey, UK - CIMA Adv Dip MA
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- 91做厙 (BUV)
Teaching Fellow (2020 – Current)
Programme Leader, Finance and Economics - MDIS (Singapore)
Senior Lecturer (2008 – 2020)
Academic Quality Lecturer, University of Bradford, UK (2008-2015)
Local Program Director for MSc Finance, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France (2012-2015)
Chairman – Internal Exam Board, MDIS (2010-2020)
Adjunct Lecturer, Southern Cross University (2010-2016)
Module Leader for MDIS Tashkent, China, India and Malaysia (2008-2020)
RESEARCH AREAS
- Strategic cost allocation
- Executive Compensation
- Curriculum innovation
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- Pillai, A.K., Pereira, M., Luong K.H., & Roe J. (2022)
Curriculum Innovation in Vietnam: A Study on Teachers Attitudes using the Dimensions of ACB (Affective, Cognitive and Behavioral) Model.
Vietnam Journal of Education, 6(1),20-30.
ISSN: 2588-1477 - Pillai, A.K., Tan K.C., & Teo, Z.X.H.(2020)
Key Influences on Cost Allocation Adoption: The Role of Managerial Characteristics, Personality Traits, Behavioural Intention and Decision Styles
Journal of Business, Sciences and Technology, 2(1),1-47.
ISSN: 2737-5471 - 泭Pillai, A.K. (2008)
A review of literature on behavioural cost allocation with recommendations for future research.
The ICFAI Journal of Behavioural Finance, 5(3),40-53.
ISSN: 0972-9089
RESEARCH & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/EXHIBITIONS
- Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference, NIE, Singapore (2022)
Redesigning Pedagogy: Using Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB) to examine educators behavioural intention towards implementing TPACK. - Workshop on SPSS (2020)
For Doctoral and Postgraduate Students
MDIS Singapore - Interdisciplinary Workshop, MDIS, Singapore (2016)
Are you left-brained or right-brained? And why does it matter? - German Talk Centre, Singapore (2012)
Business Talk on Fraud and Internal Control - Accounting and Finance Workshops, Singapore (2010-2019)
Conducted Accounting and Finance workshops for Visiting Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Russian students.
Read more 
Associate Professor
Programme Lead - Tourism Management
Originally from Germany, Maren泭gained her PhD from Edinburgh Napier University in the UK in 2016泭with a thesis exploring commemorative narratives of the anniversary events of the fall of the Berlin Wall. She also泭holds an undergraduate degree in International Hospitality Management from泭Stenden泭University in the Netherlands and an MSc in Tourism and Events from the University of […]
Associate Lecturer
Programme Lead - International Hospitality Management
Olivier de Chauliac is a French professional working in the hospitality, tourism and service industry for several years. Coming from a family anchored deep into the hospitality industry with a 3-stars Camping, a 200ha of Vineyard in the South of France and a hunting lodge, Olivier always had a passion for this industry and particularly […]
Lecturer
Dr. Nguyen Quang Minh Nguyet (Moon Nguyen)Moon Nguyen earned her Ph.D. in Communication Studies and her M.A. in International Journalism Studies from Hong Kong Baptist University. Throughout her academic journey, she delivered 12 presentations at top conferences in the field. She received several awards, including the Top Student Paper Award, the Michael Hoefges Research Funding Award, the HKSAR Reaching Out Award, […]
Senior Teaching Fellow
Joey LaiJoey is from Malaysia, and she has been teaching at international universities/colleges for more than 15 years. Before joining the education industry, she had worked in banking and financial services in Malaysia. Joey came to Vietnam in 2007 and has served in BUV since 2016, leading the Accounting and Finance (AF) programme. In addition, she […]
Vice Chancellor and President
Professor Raymond GordonProfessor Dr. Raymond Gordon is an experienced academic leader, teacher and researcher holding positions at universities throughout the world including the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), the University of Sydney, University of Warwick (UK), Reitaku University Japan, New Mexico State University (USA), Copenhagen Business School Denmark and others. He has an esteemed research and publication […]
Senior Lecturer
Dr. Shashi ChaudharyShashi, born and raised in Nepal, completed a Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Economics and Mathematics and a Master’s degree (MA) in Economics from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. He started his career in higher education as a Lecturer in Economics at the School of Business, Pokhara University, Nepal, where he worked for two years before moving to […]
Lecturer - Academic Ambassador
Dr. Bui Ngoc MaiRaised in a small town in Hanoi, Mai moved to live and study in the United Kingdom from 2011. Mai completed her Msci degree in Mathematics and Statistical Science at the University College London (UCL) in 2017. She then received the UCLs Research Excellence Scholarship to undertake doctoral research at UCL. In 2022, she was […]
Teaching Fellow
Julien PsomasAs Julien was studying for his BA Hons in Marketing in bonny Scotland, he discovered hospitality, its rhythm, its multicultural pool of talents, its long shifts, and the passion behind all this. Beside his studies, he worked in banqueting in St Andrews and later as a bartender. Julien quickly became team leader and got the […]
Head, The Graduate School
Assoc. Prof. Marton RaczBorn and raised in Budapest, Hungary, Marton completed his studies in Economics and Gender Studies before earning his PhD in Management from the University of Leicester, UK. He has previously held academic positions in the UK at the universities of Leicester, Essex, and City St Georges, and most recently, he served as Rector at International […]
Dean (Higher Education)
Dr. Mark WheatonRaised and educated in Australia, Mark completed a bachelors degree in economics as a mature student at Adelaide University. Following graduation in 1983, Mark commenced employment as an Accountant for a subsidiary of BHP, in Sydney. Many positions followed working in government and banking until the year 2000 when he establishes a successful accounting business. […]