Professor Mohammad Nurunnabi

Professor Dr. Mohammad Nurunnabi

PhD (Edinburgh), FAIA(Acad), SFHEA, FRSA, CMBE, FCES, CMA, FFA, FIPA, CPA

Founding Director - Center for Sustainability and Climate

Aide to the President; Chair - Accounting

Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia

Academic Visitor, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Founder and President - Vision for Sustainable Africa (VSA)

Founding President & CEO – Global, Oxford Impact Group

Professor Mohammad Nurunnabi is Founding Director - Center for Sustainability and Climate (The first sustainability and climate think tank in Saudi Arabia), Prince Sultan University (PSU), Saudi Arabia. He is a global think tank leader on sustainability and climate with 18 years of experience. He is the Founder and President of Vision for Sustainable Africa (VSA), the only international NGO bringing all 48 African countries together for Sustainable & Climate Actions and Solutions. He is a consultant of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), L20 (Labor 20), UNESCO, Saudi Investment Bank, General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises. His article on Saudi Vision 2030 was the most downloaded article after the announcement of Saudi Vision 2030. Based on Stanford University World’s Top 2% Scientists, 2024, he is RANKED # 1 in Business in Saudi Arabia. Based on Scholar GPS (Highly Ranked Scholars 2022), he is also RANKED # 7 in Accounting in the world. Under his leadership PSU became the second private university in the world (outside US) to earn AACSB accounting accreditation in 2022. He has published over 160 articles with over 9,000 citations. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of PSU Research Review: An International Journal, Emerald. He was awarded a Platinum Lever Leader by the IMA, USA. 

He is engaged with the high-level committees on SDG agenda in Saudi Arabia and globally. He is leading the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and also 1st Saudi University to Pledge Net Zero Carbon University by 2060. Under his leadership, PSU became the 1st Carbon Neutral Certified University in the MENA region. He also established Financial Literacy for Women in Business (SDG 5) to support Micro, Small and Medium Business. He is the founding leaders of four global think tank including Center for Sustainability and Climate, Global SME Policy Network, Global Education Policy Network, and Global Islamic Finance, Tax and Zakat Center (GIFTZ Center). He has engaged more than 100 academics from 35 countries to accelerate progress on climate action within and beyond the sector. He has received prestigious awards including PSU President’s Distinguished Research Award, the IMA Faculty Leadership Award from the Institute of Management Accountants, USA, Financial Leadership and Reporting from ACCA, Outstanding Service as an IMA Campus Advocate from IMA. He is a regular invited speaker in the UN, Ministries, World Bank, CNBC etc.