On February 2018, Hany joined the Arab Open University – Kuwait Branch as an Assistant Professor at Business Studies Program. In April 2014, Hany received the Doctor of Philosophy in Accounting, from University of Stirling, UK. He also hold an MSc in International Accounting and Finance (with distinction) from the University of Stirling (November 2010). Past academic positions held include serving as an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Auditing (Damietta University, Egypt – Arab Open University, Kuwait branch), and a Tutor of accounting (Mansoura University, Egypt).

Hany has extensive experience in teaching accounting in higher education institutions in Egypt and Kuwait not only at the undergraduate but also at the postgraduate level. These include Fundamental of Financial Accounting, Intermediate Financial Accounting, and Advanced Financial Accounting, Accounting information Systems, Auditing, and Cost & Management Accounting.

Dr Elzahar presented several research ideas at numerous research seminars in the UK, France, Kuwait and Egypt. He has papers that are published in highly ranked accounting journals such as International Review of Financial Analysis, The Leadership Quarterly, Cogent Business & Management and Journal of Risk Finance.

In general, Hany is interested in financial reporting and its quality in particular. He is interested in various applications of financial accounting with an emphasis on the value relevance of financial and non-financial information, earnings management and corporate governance.

Dr Elzahar current research areas include the determinants and consequences of Narrative Reporting, Risk Management Disclosures and Governance,

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Corporate Social Responsibility, and accounting, auditing, governance, ethics and Sharia'a standards for Islamic financial institutions and the industry. He is particularly, interested in market based accounting research by investigating the relationship between the adoption of specific corporate practices and the reactions of different stakeholders’ categories.

His recent research papers examine how managers' incentives and the firm's infrastructure shape the quality of financial reporting. Hany current research focuses on the role of accounting in promoting gender equality within corporate boardrooms. Currently, Dr Elzahar is working on research projects that examine different factors affecting Audit and Assurance Services Quality in general, and audit planning in particular.