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Dr. Yusuf Mohammed Nulla currently associated with Ile a la Crosse School Board Division as Chief Financial Officer, and provide consulting on management and strategic projects. Have completed D.Phil. & Ph.D. with UGSM-Monarch Business School Switzerland and Univerisdad Azteca Mexico in 2013. Have obtained MSc (strategic management) in 2010 and MBA (business administration) from Heriot-Watt University, UK in 2007. My areas of expertise are in accounting and strategic management. Have over six years of college education experience in teaching and tutoring, financial and management accounting, and computerized accounting software courses. Have written twenty articles in the area of CEO compensation, firm performance, firm size, and corporate governance. In addition, have written a chapter for the book entitled “Theory and Practice of Directors’ Remuneration: New Fundamentals and Challenges”. Currently doing a research in the area of: i) the impact of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on Canadian public companies; and ii) corporate social responsibility and financial performance. My future research areas are: i) firm’s strategy and performance; ii) corporate strategy and CEO compensation; and iii) Chinese public company corporate strategic trends and performance.