The AU DBA Program is delighted to announce that Hashem Salem, our DBA student from Cohort 1 (2019 intake) has successfully defended his DBA dissertation entitled “Predicting financial constraints for non-financial listed firms in GCC stock markets”. Hashem’s principal supervisor was Prof. Tamer Elshandidy, while Dr. Rajest Mohnot served as his co-supervisor. The examination committee comprised external examiner Prof. Khaled Aljifri (Professor, United Arab Emirates University), internal examiner Prof. Ibrahim Elsiddig (Professor, Head of Accounting Department, Ajman University), and Independent Chair Prof. Mohamed Jaber (Professor, Head of Clinical Sciences Department, Ajman University).