IAAER Council

Ajay Adhikari

American University
Kogod School of Business
Washington DC, USA
E-mail: aadhika@american.edu

Ajay Adhikari is Professor of Accounting at the Kogod School of Business, American University.  He previously served as Sr. Associate Dean of Research and Faculty at the school.  His research and teaching interests lie in the areas of international and sustainability accounting. He has served as the Annual Program Chair for the American Accounting Association and as President of its International Accounting Section. He is a recipient of the Section’s Ian Hague Outstanding Service Award.

Professor Adhikari has been an EEC Fellow at the Danish Summer Research Institute, Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Kuwait University, a Visiting Professor at Chuo University, Japan, and a Visiting Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, China.  Professor Adhikari received his Ph.D. and MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University and Bachelor of Arts from St. Stephens College, Delhi University.

Catalin Albu

Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems

Piata Romana 6-8

010374 Bucharest, Romania

Email: catalin.albu@cig.ase.ro

Cătălin is Professor of Accounting with the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. His research focuses on the application of western models in emerging economies and was published in such journals as Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, or Accounting and Business Research.

Cătălin serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, and as member of the editorial board of Accounting Forum and Accounting in Europe, among others. He also served as Vice-President Conferences of International Association for Accounting Education and Research (2021-2025), as Chair of the 46th annual congress of the European Accounting Association, held in Bucharest, Romania, 15-17 May 2024, and Chair of the European Accounting Association’s External Relations Committee (2020-2026).

Cătălin held various visiting professorships at, among others, the University of Dayton, Ohio, USA (as a Senior Fulbright grantee) and ESSEC Business School, Paris, France.

Irene Nalukenge 

Makerere University Business School
Plot 21A Port bell Road, Nakawa
Email: inalukenge@mubs.ac.ug 
Phone contact: +256782847150

Irene is an Associate Professor and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, Makerere University Business School, Uganda. Her research focuses on corporate governance, accounting standards, ethics, with her work published in several international journals.

Irene holds an ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and CPA (U) qualification. Irene is a resourceful person at the Institute of Certified Public Accountants Uganda (ICPAU), regional representative of African Accounting & Finance Association for the East African region and also serves on multiple boards.

Yaowen Shan

UTS Business School
University of Technology Sydney
PO Box 123 Broadway, NSW, Australia 2007
E-mail: yaowen.shan@uts.edu.au
 
Yaowen Shan is a Professor in the Department of Accounting at the University of Technology Sydney. He currently serves as a Director of the Board of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ). His research examines the role of accounting and non-accounting information in capital market regulation, corporate governance, financial reporting and executive compensation. His work has been published in top-tier accounting journals such as The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research, as well as in leading local journals.

Yaowen is also co-editor-in-chief of Australian Accounting Review, and associate editor of Accounting and Finance and Australian Journal of Management. He has won several best paper awards at leading international accounting and finance conferences and has received numerous national competitive grants totalling over AUD$1.7 million.

R. P. Banerjee

Indian Accounting Association Research Foundation
Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (EIILM)- Kolkata
Email: rpbeiilm@gmail.com

Tracy Beck

Nelson Mandela University

Second Avenue Campus, Summerstrand, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa

E-mail: tracy.beck@mandela.ac.za

Tracy Geraldine Beck is an associate professor at the Nelson Mandela University. She is a Professional Accountant (SA) and is a committee member of the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA), Eastern Cape Region since 2015. Tracy was Head of Department of Applied Accounting from 2017 to 2020 and is currently the Director of the School of Accounting in the Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences at the Nelson Mandela University. She currently serves the President of the Southern African Accounting Association (SAAA).

As part of a team, she has won several Institutional engagement awards for various academic engagement projects. She was awarded the Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences Excellent Teacher of the Year in 2015. Tracy serves on several research related committees within the Nelson Mandela University and holds a Doctor in Philosophy degree in Accounting which she obtained from the Nelson Mandela University in December 2022. She has supervised a number of postgraduate Master studies students and is co-author of various conference papers and journal articles.  Her research interests include accounting education, financial accounting, and work-readiness of accounting graduates.

Changjiang Wang

International Accounting Association of the American Accounting Association

Lindner College of Business,

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221

E-mail: Wang2cj@ucmail.uc.edu

Changjiang (John) Wang is a Professor of Accounting at the University of Cincinnati. He is actively involved in international accounting communities and currently serves as Vice President–Academic of the International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association.

His research focuses on corporate disclosure and financial reporting quality, accounting standards, and international accounting. His scholarly work has been published in leading academic journals, including Accounting Horizons, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of International Accounting Research, Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting, and Review of Accounting Studies. His work contributes to the understanding of how accounting information and regulatory frameworks shape global capital markets.

Christof Beuselinck

IESEG School of Management

3, rue de la Digue, Lille (France)
E-mail: c.beuselinck@ieseg.fr

Christof is Full Professor at IESEG School of Management, where he also serves as head of Department (2019-2025). Christof holds various positions as (Associate) Editor at Accounting and Business Research, Journal of International Accounting Research and the International Journal of Accounting and serves in multiple journal boards, including Accounting Forum,  Comptabilité Contrôle Audit & the European Accounting Review. Christof's work is published in various academic top-ranked journals, including The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Corporate Finance, Accounting and Business Research, European Accounting Review, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, and Small Business Economics.  

He is an active member of the European Accounting Association and its management committee, where he currently serves as Treasurer (2020- current). His research interests include various topics in empirical financial accounting, taxation and corporate finance , as well as on the role of corporate reporting in private versus public firms. He is also the member of TPED, a Paris-based think-tank on Transfer Pricing for Economies under Development. 

Elmar Venter

University of Pretoria
cnr Lynnwood Road and Roper Street
Hatfield
South Africa
E-mail: elmar.venter@up.ac.za
Phone: 27-12-420-3412

Elmar Venter is Head and Professor of Accounting in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria. He is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research focuses on the consequences of corporate reporting, including financially material sustainability issues, for capital market participants. He previously served as a Vice-President of the International Association for Accounting Education & Research (IAAER).

Lucy Huajing Chen

Department of Accountancy and Information

Villanova School of Business

Villanova University

Villanova, PA 19085

E- mail: Lucy.Chen@villanova.edu

Lucy Chen is John M. Cooney Endowed Professor at Villanova School of Business. She was the president (2023-2024) of International Accounting Section (IAS) of American Accounting Association (AAA) and has served on various other committees including nomination committee. She is also a member of European Accounting Association.

She has passion in researching accounting standard setting, merger and acquisition accounting, and fair value accounting. She serves on the Financial Reporting Policy Committee of Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of AAA, advising Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new projects. Her work appeared in The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, and Journal of International Accounting Research, and was cited by regulators such as International Accounting Standards Board. Dr. Chen had served as guest editor and associate editor for three different journals and on the editorial boards on five other reputable journals.

Warren Maroun

Wits Margo Steele School of Accountancy

Wits University

Private Bag 3,

WITS, 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa

E- mail: Warren.Maroun@wits.ac.za

Warren Maroun is a Professor of Accounting and Auditing at the University of the Witwatersrand's School of Accountancy. He served on the  IAASB's Board from 2022-2024 having been nominated by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. Warren consults widely on matters related to financial accounting, auditing and integrated reporting. He also serves as the editor of Meditari Accountancy Research and is an Associate Editor of “Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal” and the “British Accounting Review”. Before joining academia, Warren served at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has served on different task forces, working groups and committees for the Integrated Reporting Committee of South Africa, the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors and the Chartered Governance Institute of Southern Africa. 

Warren has published several books and book chapters and is an author of numerous academic papers dealing with technical and theoretical developments in corporate reporting and assurance. He earned his Masters in Accountancy from the University of the Witwatersrand and a PhD from Kings' College London. He is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. 

David Mathuva

Strathmore University

Strathmore Business School

P.O. Box 59857, 00200

Nairobi Kenya

E-mail: dmathuva@strathmore.edu
Phone: +254710403501

David Mathuva is an Assistant Professor at Strathmore Business School. He holds a PhD in Business Administration (Accounting), a Master of Commerce in Forensic Accounting, and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) summa cum laude from Strathmore University. As a practicing CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), David previously worked with KPMG Kenya in Risk Consulting. His research in accounting, financial markets, and governance is published in journals such as Advances in Accounting, the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies (JAEE) among others. He is an Associate Editor with JAEE and serves on the Editorial Board of the African Accounting and Finance Journal. David is the 2022 ACCA - IAAER Scholar and 2023 INSEAD - GBSN Africa Faculty Fellow. He is also the VP - Africa in the InSPiR2eS Network, East African Regional Representative in AAFA, and the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Strathmore Africa Case Centre.

Raquel Sarquis

University of São Paulo

Avenida Professor Luciano Gualberto, 908 - Butantã - São Paulo/SP

05508-010, Brazil

E-mail: raquel.sarquis@usp.br

Raquel Sarquis is an Assistant Professor in Financial Accounting at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She holds a BSc degree summa cum laude, an MSc, and a PhD in Accounting from the University of São Paulo. She is the current director of the master’s and PhD programs in accounting at the same university. She has also been a visiting scholar at Duke University. She is also part of the Scholars Program of the IAAER ACCA and was a recipient of the IAAER KPMG and IASB grant program (Informing the IASB Standard Setting Process). Raquel has published research papers on topics related to financial accounting, focusing on matters related to the IASB/FASB standard-setting process. She is a governing board member of a public Brazilian firm and also an ad-hoc Editor of the Revista Contabilidade & Finanças (RCF).

Stephani A. Mason

Driehaus College of Business

School of Accountancy and MIS

1 E. Jackson Blvd., DePaul Center 6044 , Chicago, IL 60604

E-mail: smason18@depaul.edu

Stephani Mason, Associate Professor at DePaul University, is actively involved in the international accounting community as a participant in and/or committee member of the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER), International Valuation Standards Council, British Accounting and Finance Association, Canadian Academic Accounting Association, European Accounting Association, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, and International Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association. Mason conducts research on fair value accounting/auditing and valuation specialists, which has been supported by the IAAER/ICAS Informing the IAASB Standard-Setting Process Program.

Mason’s research has appeared in Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy and has been cited by the PCAOB and IAASB. She serves on the editorial boards of six journals. She earned her Ph.D. at Rutgers University, MBA at the University of Chicago, and her BS at North Carolina A&T.

Dorota Dobija

Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance

Kozminski University

Jagiellonska St. 57/59

03-301 Warsaw, Poland

E-mail: dobija@kozminski.edu.pl

Dorota Dobija is Full Professor of Accounting and Corporate Governance at Kozminski University, where she chairs the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance. Her research focuses on corporate governance, sustainability reporting, performance measurement, and accountability in both private and public sector organizations. She has published extensively in leading international journals, including Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, European Management Journal, Government Information Quarterly, and Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Management and Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal.

She has held a number of academic leadership roles at Kozminski University, including Vice Rector for Research and Faculty and Director of the Doctoral School.She is a member of the Fellow College of the European Academy of Management. Her work involves international research collaborations and externally funded projects on governance, sustainability, performance management, and accountability in complex organizational settings.

Professor Dobija has been a visiting professor and research scholar at several international institutions, including Singapore Management University, Queensland University of Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign as a Fulbright Scholar. She also teaches regularly on international MBA and doctoral programmes across Europe.

Mariusz Andrzejewski

Krakow University of Economics (KUE)

Institute of Finance

Department of Financial Accounting

Rakowicka 27

31-510 Kraków, Poland

E-mail: mariusz.andrzejewski@uek.krakow.pl

Mobile: +48 602 30 24 60

Mariusz Andrzejewski is an Associate Professor at the Krakow University of Economics, Poland. He completed his PhD at Krakow University of Economics in 2001 and holds a post-doctoral degree (habilitation) in economic sciences (2013). Mariusz is a certified statutory auditor. He has gained practical experience as e.g. a member of supervisory boards and audit committees of listed companies. His research interests include financial auditing, the application of computer technologies in accounting, financial reporting by listed companies, as well as microeconomic factors underlying financial crises. He teaches various accounting courses. Mariusz was a member of the European Accounting Association (EAA) and he is a member of the Accountants Association in Poland (SKwP).

Hong Kim Duong

Strome College of Business

Old Dominion University

2167 Constant Hall
Norfolk, 23529

E-mail:  hkduong@odu.edu

Dr. Duong is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Certified Management Accountant at Old Dominion University’s Strome College of Business, where she also serves as Director of the School of Accountancy. Her research on corporate disclosure and governance has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Journal of International Accounting Research, and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. She serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Review of Accounting and Finance, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation, and the Asian Review of Accounting.

She has earned notable awards, including the Best Research Paper Award from the Journal of International Accounting Research and from the AAA Ethics Research Symposium. A long-standing leader in the AAA’s International Accounting Section, she currently serves as Vice President – Academic and President-Elect, demonstrating her commitment to advancing global accounting scholarship and education.