Mostak Ahamed is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance at the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Sussex Business School, UK. He holds a PhD in business and management from the Queen Mary University of London. He undertakes research to overcome the obstacles of financial development with special emphasis on access to finance, bank and firm performance while using robust econometric techniques and large cross-country panel data. The research questions that he addresses are motivated by and engaged with contemporary policy issues. His recent papers appeared on Economics Letters, Economic Modelling, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, and British Journal of Industrial Relations.