A qualified accountant with commercial experience of the public (local government) and private (insurance) sectors.  Appointed to the Chair of Corporate Finance in 1999. Previously at the University of Bath, University of Glasgow and Massey University, New Zealand. Professor Adams' research interests are in the accounting, finance, economics and management aspects of insurance and risk. His work has appeared in several practitioner magazines and over 50 scholarly journals as well as national and international conference proceedings.  Professor Adams is thrice joint-winner of the Shin Insurance/Geneva Association Research Excellence Award presented by the International Insurance Society in Singapore (2002), New York (2003), and Jordan (2009). Professor Adams heads the Accounting and Finance at the School of Business and Economics.

Administrative:

Head of Accounting and Finance Group, School of Business and Economics Research Committee - member; Business and Management Seminar Convenor; Business and Management Working Papers - Editor

Other Roles:

Advisory Board Member, Centre for Risk and Insurance Studies (CRIS), University of Nottingham, UK (2004 - date)

Research Associate, Centre for Risk and Insurance Studies (CRIS), University of Nottingham, UK (2004 - date)

Research Associate, Chinese Accounting, Finance and Business Research Unit (CAFBRU), Cardiff University (2007- date)

Research Fellow, Chinese Center for Insurance and Social Security Research (CCISSR), Peking University, China (2004 - date)

Handelsbanken-Wallander Research Fellow in the Economic History of the Swedish Insurance Industry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden (2007 - date)

Panel Member, Investigations Committee, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

UK Academic Ambassador, International Insurance Society (IIS) (2009- date)

External Examiner, Accounting and Finance (undergraduate) University of Bristol (2008-11); Finance (undergraduate) City University Hong Kong, (2008-10); Finance (undergraduate) Leeds University Business School (2009-12).

Academic publications from 2008:

ABS 4*/3* Journals

• Adams, M.B. (with Jia, J.Y. and Buckle, M.J.) (2010), The Strategic use of Insurance in the Chinese corporate sector, European Journal of Finance, Vol.18, forthcoming.
• Adams, M.B. (with Hardwick P. and Zou H.) (2010), Profit efficiency and corporate governance in the UK life insurance industry, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol 38, forthcoming.
• Adams, M.B. (with Abdul Kader, H. and Mouritidis, K.) (2010), Testing for trade-offs in the reinsurance decision of United Kingdom (UK) life insurance forms, Jounal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Vol.26, No 3, pp. 1-35
• Adams, M.B. (with Abdul Kader, H., Andersson, L-F, and Lindmark, M.) (2010), The determinants of reinsurance in the Swedish property fire insurance market during the interwar years:1919-1939, Business History, Vol.52, No. 2, pp.284-300.
• Adams, M.B. (with Zou, H.) (2008), Corporate ownership, equity risk and returns in the People's Republic of China, Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 39, No 6, pp. 1149-1168. 
• Adams, M.B. (with Zou, H.) (2008), Debt capacity, cost of debt and corporate insurance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 42, No 3, pp.433-466.
• Adams, M.B. (with Hardwick P. and Zou, H.) (2008),  Reinsurance and corporate taxation in the United Kingdom life insurance industry, Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol 32, No 1, pp.101-115. 

Other Journals:

• Adams, M. B., Zou, H. and Chen, L. (2011) Chief Executive Officer incentives, monitoring, and corporate risk management, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 78, forthcoming
• Adams, M.B. (with Jia, J.Y. and Buckle, M.J.) (2010), Ownership structure and insurance in India's corporate sector, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 27, forthcoming.
• Adams, M.B. (with Adbul Kader, H.and Hardwick, P.) (2010), The cost efficiency of Takaful insurance Companies, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, Vol.35, No. 1, pp.161-181
• Adams, M.B. (with Anderson, J., Anderson L-F and Lindmark, M.) (2009), Commercial banking, insurance and economic growth in Sweden between 1830 and 1998, Accounting Business and Financial History, Vol 19, No 1, pp. 19-36.
• Adams, M.B. (with Zou, H.) (2009), Corporate insurance and debt in China, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 75-77.