MEAFA is very pleased to announce its first international affiliated member, Prof Stuart McLeay.
Prof McLeay is a Director of Research at Bangor Business School at the University of Wales Bangor.
He is a qualified chartered accountant who has lived and worked in Germany, France and Italy, having more than ten years experience with the European Investment Bank, Price Waterhouse and other international firms in the financial sector. He was previously at Lancaster Management School, where he completed his PhD at the International Centre for Research in Accounting. He has held the post of visiting professor at the University of Sydney, Copenhagen Business School, the University of Frankfurt, the University of Siena, La Trobe University Melbourne and the University of Technology Sydney.
He was previously research fellow at Warwick Business School's Institute for Management Development and the University of Bath's Centre for European Industrial Studies and an ESRC visiting research fellow at the University of Augsburg in Germany and Hautes Etudes Commerciales in France. He is currently involved in the coordination of European doctoral training networks, and his research interests are in accounting, banking and finance. Professor Stuart McLeay is also the Chair of the Trustees of Bangor University Pension and Assurance Fund.
His research interests include financial markets, financial analysis, financial reporting, accounting regulation, statistical modelling and comparative international research.